A study of 500 IT pros by Ponemon Institute claims that four in five (81%) U.S. firms have lost at least one laptop containing sensitive data in the past year.
Anyone else originally read “Ponemon Institute” as “Pokemon Institute”? Phew, glad it wasn’t just me.
Anyway, other freaky-deaky findings:
64% of respondents have never carried out an inventory of customer information.
- 64% of respondents have never carried out an inventory of employee data.
When asked how long it would take to figure out what actual data was on a lost or stolen computer or mobile device, the most frequent answer from respondents was “never.” Yikes. More here.
Via The Register
