Survey: 10,000 laptops lost at U.S. airports every week…Do You Buy This?
4 July 2008This what was reported by USA Today
More than 10,000 laptops are lost or stolen each week at U.S. airports, says security industry executive Richard Stiennon in a blog for NetworkWorld.com. He cites a survey conducted by The Ponemon Institute, a monitor of privacy and security issues.
My Response
I don’t buy it. I few a number of years I traveled on multiple flights through many airports including a number of the busiest. I know I would be aware of a lost machine or stolen machine problem of that magnitude. I am not sure I would believe 10,000 a month. First that is a big number. Second a lot of people carry laptops but most do not. Of the people I know who travel (quite a few) I am not aware of one person having their laptop stolen or lost at an airport. I am aware of one person who had his laptop in his car visible and left it overnight in a hotel parking lot. The next morning the car had been broken into and the laptop stolen One incident and not at an airport.
Steve Pohlit, President
IR Consulting, Inc
http://www.irconsultinginc.com
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