Laptop theft statistics: mobile ICT theft in schools
45% of education establishments had mobile devices, such as laptops, netbooks, MP3 players, tablets and gaming devices, stolen between 2009 and 2011.
27% of schools, colleges and universities had mobile ICT equipment stolen in 2011.
56%of education establishments do not encrypt their laptops.
42% of education establishments were victims of laptop theft between 2009 and 2011.
83% of education establishments claim that their organisation has an ICT security policy in place.
19% of educational establishments have an ICT security policy in place that does not include guidelines for physically securing devices to prevent them from being stolen.
11% of education establishments were victims of netbook theft between 2009 and 2011.
Four per cent of education establishments had MP3 players stolen between 2009 and 2011.
65% of education establishments have not been given training on how to protect their mobile ICT devices from theft.
4% of education establishments had tablet PCS, such as iPads, stolen between 2009 and 2011.
1% of education establishments had gaming devices stolen between 2009 and 2011.
These statistics are from the LapSafe® Products ‘ICT Security in Education’ survey. These laptop theft statistics are copyright of LapSafe® Products 2012, but you may quote them, provided that LapSafe® Products is appropriately credited as the source.