New Survey Gives the Numbers behind Laptop Thefts  Study points
to low security for laptops, many stolen from within the
company's facility  CREDANT Technologies, a data security and
encryption software company, recently surveyed business
professionals to get a little perspective on how secure laptops
are. Perhaps not surprisingly, the numbers were somewhat dismal,
pointing to unsecured devices and unsecured data. We'll let the
numbers tell the story on this crime that plagues office
facilities and business travelers:  29: percentage of all
laptops stolen at the office  87: percentage of those laptops
that had their emails on the computers  90: percentage of the
stolen laptops that contained "sensitive and confidential"
information  67: percentage that had other business information
stored on their as well  3 out of 4: number of laptops that
didn't meet regulatory compliance requirements for data
encryption  21: percentage of respondents who used no security
measures or data encryption on their laptops  10: p