A study from Absolute Software and the Ponemon Institute, entitled The Human Factor in Laptop Encryption, has found that 56 percent of business managers in the U.S. disable laptop encryption. Similar results were reported for the UK and Canada.

"The data suggests that, because of user behavior, encryption alone is not enough to protect mobile devices and the sensitive data stored on them," says Ponemon Institute founder and chairman Dr. Larry Ponemon. "These statistics are especially disconcerting when combined with our recent studies demonstrating that lost or stolen laptops are the number one cause of data loss, with 3 out of 4 companies experiencing a data breach when a laptop has been lost or stolen."

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