I came very close to losing my laptop last year.
I was returning from London via Chicago O'Hare. After clearing customs at the international terminal, I took the shuttle train to terminal 1 to catch my flight to Denver. I took the laptop out of my backpack for security. Somehow I got distracted, because I didn't put it back. Fortunately I noticed when I went to check email at the C concourse Red Carpet Club. So a quick jog back to B and a talk with the TSA got me my notebook back.
I was luck. Apparently not everyone is.
In the first half of 2008, the Ponemon Institute surveyed 106 United States airports and over 800 business travelers to understand the frequency with which laptops are lost in airports and the steps business travelers are taking to protect sensitive information on corporate systems. The results of the report are staggering:
During my chat with the nice TSA people, they mentioned a really, really simple suggestion. Put my name and address on the bottom of my notebook: The whole Dell/Ponemon Study is interesting, you should read it. |