Surveys & Reports

Absolute Software’s recently released 2012 Endpoint Security Report details device theft insights from the 12,705 investigations we completed in 2012. At the close of 2012, we had recovered more than 28,000 stolen devices from 96 countries in our history, though since then we’ve reached the milestone of 100 countries and more than 29,000 recovered stolen devices. Our investigations and recoveries have enabled us to develop some insights about where the most...

Absolute Software today released the findings of the 2012 Endpoint Security Report revealing that there has been a significant increase in proactive data protection. Following the 2011 Computer Theft Report, the 2012 Endpoint Security Report has been expanded to include trends in data protection undertaken by Absolute customers in 2012. Findings in the report include stolen device recoveries, top locations, cities and countries for device theft, details on data recovered and deleted, and types...

Absolute Software recently surveyed 200 healthcare professionals to learn weather, and how, they’re incorporating the use of personal mobile devices within their organizations. Our survey reveals that BYOD of smartphones and tablets are increasingly common in healthcare, with efficiency and productivity the primary motivators. When looking at the data from hospital and health systems (which compromised 36% of those surveyed), we found some interesting insights: 61% say that employee...

The Ponemon Institute and Symantec recently released the 2013 Global Cost of a Data Breach study indicating that the cost of a data breach went up from $130 per lost record to $136 per lost record. The total cost per data breach was the $5.4 million in the US, the highest cost of all countries surveyed. According to the data, a lost or stolen device adds an extra $8 per record to...

The 2012 Cost of Cyber Crime Study was recently released by Ponemon and HP Enterprise Security highlighting that the cost and frequency of cyber crime have continued to rise for the third year in a row. In the study, malicious insiders and stolen devices were included as cyber crimes. The theft of laptops and mobile devices was reported by 46% of organizations and is considered one of the most...