The Billion Dollar Lost Laptop Problem – Intelligence In Software Forty-three percent of laptops were lost off-site (working from a home office or hotel room); 33 percent lost in transit or travel; and 12 percent were lost in the workplace Twelve percent of organizations said they don’t know where employees or contractors lose their laptops
Employee Offboarding Best Practices: Secure Laptop Returns to Protect . . . A recent survey found that nearly half of companies lose at least 5% of their technology assets — including laptops and smartphones — during employee offboarding Even more concerning, over a quarter of enterprises report losing more than 10% of their devices
The Billion Dollar Lost Laptop Problem As shown, 2 3 percent of all laptops assigned to employees, temporary employees or contractors become missing each year The average loss ratio over the laptop’s useful life is 7 12 percent
Security of Paper Documents in the Workplace - Dell The average number of lost or stolen laptops for each company ranges from a high of 27 per year in the United Stage to a low of 8 laptops per year in Mexico The adjacent column provides the approximate number of companies with more than 100 employees (as determined from national census statistics)
Laptop theft protection: prevent business device lost We’ve analyzed hundreds of real-world cases to uncover the top 5 most common scenarios where laptops are stolen—whether it’s during business travel, at coworking spaces, or even inside the office
How Often Should We Replace Desktops Laptops? (2025) Some companies wait until 5+ years before they start thinking of replacing their office laptops and desktops, but data shows that replacing your PCs by at least year 3 can significantly reduce your risk of the costs associated with keeping your computers too long
Safeguarding Company Data: Steps to Take When Devices Go Missing When an employee reports their laptop missing, your IT team should be able to wipe the device remotely, erasing all data to prevent unauthorized access However, keep in mind that the laptop or desktop needs to be online for remote wiping to work
Corporate America’s lost laptop epidemic - InfoWorld The fact that one of 10 corporate laptops will be lost or stolen over their three-year lifetime — along with tens of thousands of dollars of data — presents two major problems for enterprises