More than half of respondents in the past several years reported that they had been victimized by stolen laptops. A single stolen laptop can cost a company more than $6,000 for hardware, software, restoring data. By 2008, 50 percent of the PCs in the United States will be laptops, IDC predicts. Northrop Grumman has mandatory security awareness program for all its employees and prohibits employees from taking laptops with them when traveling to a set list of countries. Companies must pay attention to user awareness, physical security new and old technologies, and policy.”]
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