Why Cryptex for Laptop/Desktop security?

Internal Threats that Cryptex Protects Against:

• Co-Worker has your Windows password
• Administrator has full access to your computer
• Leaving your computer unlocked while you leave your desk
• Third party technicians

External Threats that Cryptex Protects Against:

• Hackers and crackers
• “Always on” Internet connections
• Laptop/computer gets physically stolen
• Angry ex-employee’s

If you’re still not convinced, consider these statistics:

• "More than 600,000 laptop thefts occur annually, totaling an estimated $720 million in hardware losses and $5.4 billion in theft of proprietary information."
  Safeware Insurance, 2003
  
  
• "According to Gartner, the chances of a laptop being stolen this year are 1 in 10."
  Gartner Group, 2002
  
  
• "Gartner estimates approximately 70% of all laptop thefts are internal."
  Gartner Group, 2002
  
  
• "Most IT departments can only accurately report on 60% of their computing assets."
  Gartner Group, 2002
  
  
• "Theft ranks as a cause for overall PC loss."
  Safeware Insurance, 2003
  
  
• "Laptop theft has been attributed to 59% of computer attacks in government agencies, corporations, and universities during 2003."
  Baseline, 2004
  
  
• "73% of companies do not have specific security policies for their laptop computers."
  Gartner Group, 2003
  
  
• "80% of those surveyed acknowledged financial losses due to computer breeches."
  CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 2002
  
  
• "97% of stolen computers are never recovered."
  FBI
  
  
• "Nearly 40 percent of victims do not report computer intrusions."
  CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 2005
  
  
• "Every 79 seconds, a thief steals someone's identity, opens accounts in the victim's name and goes on a buying spree."
  CBSnews.com, 1/25/2001
  
  
• "The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that identity theft is its number one source of consumer complaints - 42 percent of all complaints, in 2001."
  CBSnews.com, 1/25/2001