Dell Corporation and Ponemon Institute, LLC are pleased to report the results of the Business Risk of Lost Laptops in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Mexico and Brazil. The study was conducted to understand the risks to organizations’ personal and confidential information as the number of lost or stolen employee-assigned laptops increases. We also wanted to learn if there are significant differences in how companies in these different countries are addressing the business risk of lost laptops.

Ponemon Institute conducted a web-based survey of 3,100 information technology (IT) and IT security practitioners located in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Mexico and Brazil who have significant experience and are employed in the public or private sector. In this report, we provide a high-level comparative analysis of the findings from respondents in these six countries. Demographics of survey respondents are summarized at the conclusion of this report. Individual country-level reports are also available upon request.