Laptop security cabinets - Designed primarily for hospitals, educational institutions, law enforcement Can hold a large number of laptops is a secure environment. Some units are available with internal power and CAT 5 cabling so laptops are charing and available through a network while securely locked and stored.
Laptop lockers - Designed for securing individual laptop computers by providing a secure storage box bolted the desk of work table. Used primarily by Medical professionals and teachers.

Laptop theft statistics

2002
In the US, 53% more notebooks were stolen in 2001 than in 2000
Source: Safeware Insurance Group

The theft of a laptop results in an average financial loss of $89,000; only a small percentage of the sum actually relates to the hardware cost.
Source: 2002 Computer Security Institute/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey

Financial loss due to laptop theft has been second only to loss due to computer virus for the last seven years running.
Source: 2002 Computer Security Institute/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey

The average financial loss resulting from a laptop theft grew by 44% from 2000 to 2001 ($62,000 to $89,000)
Source: 2001 and 2002 Computer Security Institute/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey

Each IT security breach costs UK firms with a turnover of more than £35m an average of £77,000
Source: IT Week (UK Magazine), March 25, 2002

2001
Although the laptop's claim to fame is its mobility, according to a recent survey in Support Republic, respondents indicated that laptops were most often lost or stolen on corporate property, not while traveling.
Source: TechRepublic, June 4, 2001

Informal surveys indicate that about 10 to 15 percent of laptops are stolen by criminals intent on selling the data.
Source: Securityfocus.com, July 30, 2001

An average company with 10,000 mobile workers spends $7 million a year on lost, missing or broken laptops, according to the Meta Group in Stamford, Conn.
Source: USATODAY.com, March 13, 2001

According to Safeware...some 208,000 notebooks with a value of nearly $640 million were reported stolen last year.
Source: InformationWeek Online, October 16, 2001

Medium and large sized companies lose an average of 11.65 notebook computers every year due to theft.
Source: Kensington Notebook Security Survey, October 2001

92% of IT professionals claim notebook security to be at least somewhat important to their company.
Source: Kensington Notebook Security Survey, October 2001

IT professionals underestimate the real cost of one stolen notebook by 90%
Source: Kensington Notebook Security Survey, October 2001

Over 80% of IT professionals agree that notebook computers are either extremely or very likely to be stolen.
Source: Kensington Notebook Security Survey, October 2001

2000
In the US, 21% more notebooks were stolen in 2000 than in 1999
Source: Safeware Insurance Group

By one insurance industry estimate, (laptop theft) will cost the nation $800 million this year-and that's just the cost of the computers.
Source: The Washington Post Company, November 5, 2000

1 in 10 notebooks are stolen and 88% never recovered
Source: Tech Republic survey

1999
A recent study conducted by the FBI found that 57% of computer crimes were linked to stolen computers that were then used to break into computer servers later on
Source: SC Magazine, May 1999 quoting CSI/FBI

If your company experiences computer-related thefts and you do nothing to correct the problem, there is an 89% chance you will be hit again
Source: Irvine Police Dept, California

Two out of five companies reporting computer thefts (41.3%) said that these thefts are occurring within the office. A third of the thefts occurred while outside the office (31.9%).
Source: Kensington Technology Group Computer Security Survey, 1999

1998
Rising laptop theft ... is costing laptop buyers an estimated $150 extra per machine
Source: Computerworld, August 3, 1998 issue, front page

Security breach statistics
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2002
60% of all corporate data assets reside unprotected on PCs.
Source: Search Security Newsletter, April 4, 2002

Ninety percent of corporations and government agencies detected computer security breaches within the last twelve months; 80% acknowledged financial losses due to these breaches.
Source: 2002 Computer Security Institute/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey

The average financial loss from computer security breaches in 2001 was over two million dollars per company. The most serious financial losses occurred through theft of proprietary information.
Source: 2002 Computer Security Institute/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey

Thirty-four percent of organizations who have a security breach report the intrusions to law enforcement. (In 1996, only 16% acknowledged reporting intrusions to law enforcement.)
Source: 2002 Computer Security Institute/FBI Computer Crime & Security Survey

The average security breach costs companies an estimated £16,000
Source: The Register, March 18, 2002

2001
A survey of 4,500 security professionals revealed that 'enhancing network security' was identified as the top strategic security priority for companies, and was noted by respondents as increasing in importance in 2001 over 2000.
Source: Information Week

Two-thirds of UK firms have suffered a serious incident such as hacking, virus attacks or credit card fraud. For the first time ever, most of the incidents originated from outside of the company, not inside of the company. In addition, negative publicity rather than direct financial loss harms businesses the most.
Source: CBI and Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) Fraud Advisory Panel's Cybercrime Survey 2001

Security is the #2 issue in the minds of IT managers.
Source: Gartner IT Professional Survey, October 3, 2001

Sixty to 70 percent of attack vulnerability resides in the people area.
Source: eWeek, October 22, 2001

Network security breaches put 5.57% of a business's annual gross revenue at risk
Source: OMNI Consulting Group, February 2001

41% of CEOs, company presidents, and managing directors are now actively involved in setting information security policy-10% more than a year ago.
Source: IOMA's Security Director's Report, November 2001

2000
In 2000, ...42% [of respondents] were willing and/or able [to quantify financial losses]...the losses from these 273 respondents totaled $265,589,940.
Source: 2000 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

74% of survey respondents acknowledged financial losses, but only 42% of respondents could quantify the losses.
Source: 2000 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

1999
Financial losses due to computer security breaches mounted to over $100,000,000 for the third straight year...a total of $123,779,000 in losses.
Source: 1999 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

Laptop theft news clippings
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2002
"An IT security officer at an international metals manufacturer ... said ....an employee's notebook PC was stolen at a hotel, but the incident was reported only to the company's physical security group. The IT security officer learned of the theft by chance."We need to work more closely together on incidents like that. They [the physical security staff] have no idea what access the user of the notebook may have to our apps, nor did they ask him if he had any passwords in an open text file on his system. It was a major security breach through a lack of communication."
Source: Informationweek.com, February 11, 2002

2001
The FBI 'lost' 184 laptops along with a number of weapons. At least 14 of the laptops were believed to have been stolen and one contained classified information related to two closed espionage cases
Source: USA Today

What do the U.S. state department, the British military and the FBI have in common? Each of these security-centric organizations has recently lost laptops with sensitive information.
Source: Interactive Week Online, August 6, 2001

Laptops stolen from the Football Association's London ... thieves also stole hard drives and thousands of disks, believed to include sensitive material such as bank details.
Source: The Register, May 12, 2001

A survey ... reveals that a staggering 2,900 laptops, 1,300 PDA's and over 62,000 mobile phones have been left in London's licensed taxi cabs in ... 6 months with an average of 3 phones per taxi.
Source: TECS, August 31, 2001

"The Evening Times reported laptop thefts were on the increase as the expensive portable computers become more popular....Detective Inspector George Mitchell, of Stewart Street police station, said: It used to be video recorders but now it's laptop computers that have become the favorite for thieves".
Source: TECS, 8/31/01

A notebook with top secret info on arms proliferation disappeared from the State Department.

Three notebooks were stolen from the Democratic National Committee's finance office in New York.

2000
The CEO of Qualcomm had his laptop stolen while it sat upon a podium from which he'd just delivered his speech

Five notebooks were stolen from the Olympic Village in Sydney containing details about the New Zealand team's strategies

An MI5 agent has admitted losing a laptop notebook containing sensitive government information at Paddington train station. Security has been stepped up at MI5 following the theft, which has caused extreme embarrassment for the security agency and the government.