Facts and figures:
1. The loss of a single PC has caused bankruptcy.
2. Initial cost of a PC is only 20% of the true cost of ownership – PC Pro.
3. A DTI survey concluded that UK businesses lose £1.1b annually through computer security breaches and £580m through physical damage to IT systems.
4. A survey commissioned by Tertio showed that 21% of companies admit they cannot assess the business risk of network downtime.
5. 80% of firms who suffer a data loss which requires a restore from back-up go out of business within three months – source freelance IT journalist.
6. According to a University of Texas study, 94% of companies suffering a catastrophic data loss will not survive – 43% don't re-open and 51% close within two years.
7. According to HP, of the 13 million small businesses in Europe only around 50% back up regularly.
8. A BBC report said that a virus infection can cost as much as £1,700 per computer to put right.
9. According to a Sunday Times article a new virus is written every 25 minutes.
10. Internet Usage: A global survey by Infosecurity 99, Secure Computing & NetPartners found that:
- employees spend 30 minutes/day non-business net surfing.
- an estimated 50% have accessed adult sites.
- non-business use of the net is costing employers £2,500 per employee annually - based on an average salary of £20,000 plus non-wage staff costs.
- 84% have unlimited access to the web
- 76% of employees use web to search for new jobs.
- 83% for personal finance.
- 82% for sports.
- 85% for general entertainment.
- 56% visit chat rooms.
- 84% for travel.
- 35% of companies don't have formal policy on web control.
- 43% of firms didn't have a formal policy for controlling the use of external email.
- 63% of companies had a formal policy for preventing the download of offensive material but only 38% strictly enforced the policy and only 20% of respondees said they would report colleagues for downloading offensive material.
- 41% of firms reported an incident of improper net use but only 21% resulted in formal action.
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