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Locations Where Laptops Are Most Often Stolen
Knowing what locations your laptop is most susceptible to theft is good, so you can be on your guard when you visit these areas.
Your laptop is where your life is; Relevant documents, passwords, pictures, and more. If someone were to steal it, it’s almost like they’re taking a piece of you with them. By observing laptop and data theft collected after these robberies, one can see a pattern begin to emerge. There are certain hot spots where your laptop Is more likely to be stolen than other areas.
Research suggests that IT theft in the office is higher than one would expect. While it seems reasonable that employees could leave their laptops and other devices unsecured in their workspace, the evidence speaks otherwise.
Laptops are only one kind of equipment in the corporate arsenal that needs protection. Things like monitors, external hard drives, printers, docking stations, phones, and hubs are all subject to the same theft. It results in not only a financial loss, but a loss in production as well.
The areas where people experience the most IT theft is in their cars (25 percent), the office (23 percent), airports and hotels (15 percent), and restaurants (12 percent).
The survey also found that:
- 34 percent of organizations don’t have security installed for their laptops, mobile devices, and other electronic assets.
- 54 percent of reports stated they currently do not use physical locks for IT equipment.
- 80 percent of respondents don’t use locks for their non-computer equipment like projectors, printers, monitors, hard drives, etc.
Just a few simple steps and security measures can make the difference when protecting your technology from thieves. Contact the security professionals at Cornwall Security Services, serving Ventura County and the surrounding Westlake areas, for more information about how you can safeguard your property. We can also help answer your video surveillance questions!
