10 May, 2009

Facts and Figures About Data Loss

25%

of all PC users suffer from data loss each year. (1)
1 in 4 -- Are you willing to risk your business or job with these odds?

7 of 10

small firms that experience a major data loss go out of business within a year (5)

15%

of all laptops are stolen or suffer hard drive failures (1)
What if you or your sales people lost their laptop and it had no recent backup?

$61,881

...the average loss due to laptop theft. 6

No. 2

...cause of overal PC loss is theft. 7

$12

Billion
annual cost of data loss.
Can you afford to not back up your data?

96%

of all business workstations are not being backed up (3)
While servers are typically backed up, companies rarely back up individual PCs containing valuable data generated by employees every day.

$55

Billion
annual computer virus damages to U.S. businesses (4)
Even equipped with the latest antivirus software, viruses continue to pose a serious threat to your most valuable asset.

80%

...of computer crime consists of "inside jobs" by disgruntled employees. 1

80%

...of surveyed companies admitted financial losses due to computer breeches. 6

100%

the failure rate of disks and tape drives -- all drives eventually fail.

(1) Gartner Group; (2) IDC; (3) Contingency Planning & Strategic Research Corp.; (4) TrendMicro; (5) DTI/PriceWaterhouse Coopers, 2004; (6) CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey; (7) Safeware The Insurance Agency; 5) Gartner Group; (6) CSI/FBI 2002

Cost of Recreating Your Lost Data

According to the National Computer Security Association, without adequate backup it takes:

  • 19 days and $17,000 to recreate just 20 MB of lost sales/marketing data;
  • 21 days and $19,000 to recreate just 20 MB of lost accounting data;
  • 42 days and $98,000 to recreate just 20 MB of lost engineering data.

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