Insights into global device theft: The black market of dirty data
An increase of devices stolen globally, are being recovered in other countries.
A rise in the frequency of global mobile device thefts has sparked a concern over data breaches that are worrying businesses worldwide, reports Absolute Software.
The endpoint security report has shown that many devices stolen end up in countries such as Mongolia, Gambia, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.
It also displayed an increase trend for remote data deletes and sensitive data retrievals from stolen devices. The number of data deletes has risen by 34 per cent in a year, and data retrieval is up by 135 per cent. Over all, just under five gigabytes of data was retrieved.
Derek Skinner, regional director, recovery and investigative services EMEA at Absolute Software, said: “With data breaches and missing devices often highly publicised by the media and regularly incurring major fines, businesses face an increasingly complex challenge if they are to keep a closer eye on their devices.”
Companies are under great pressure to ensure the safety of data and devices, and to adhere to stricter data breach compliance, such as the European data protection laws, in the hope of avoiding fines and the potential loss of customer confidence in their brand or services.
Skinner continued: “The sooner an organisation can secure a stolen device and render the data on it unusable to thieves, the easier it is for it to prove there hasn’t been a data breach.”
London has been shown to be the top theft location in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Asia) followed by Kampala in Uganda and Pretoria in South Africa.
Businesses are at most risk of internal and external theft or burglary, which is a change from the previous year where domestic properties were the main target. Now cars and homes are second and third in line to be at risk.
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