Laptop Theft Incidents at Schools in Australia

July 6th, 2010 by admin Leave a reply »
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In two separate incidents, laptops have been reported to be stolen from school premises. In the first incident, burglars hit the Glen Osmond Primary School on 29th June at about 2.30am and managed to steal eight Apple laptop computers.

In another incident, the ABERFOYLE Park High School also suffered a theft incident. According to the reports, on Monday, June 28 around 30 laptop computers were stolen overnight.

According to the principal of the school, Liz Mead the hospital has implemented measures to although she didn’t share the details of the security methods.

According to Liz Mead, “You just feel very disappointed because the school does have very good security”. “These laptops are there for our young people to work on so it’s disappointing when we have people who want to interrupt the learning of others.”

Ms Mead also mentioned that the school had ordered new laptops which were supposed to be delivered after the school holidays.

Laptop theft incidents at schools is a matter of high concern, because not only does it impact the working, causes financial damage but also creates a spot on our education ecosystem. These laptops are being used for educational purposes, so obviously the loss is more than the theft of a physical device or data loss. This creates an urgent need for appropriate laptop encryption measures !!

If you have information related to either thefts please contact BankSA Crime Stoppers on 1800333000 or online at www.sa.crimestoppers.com.au

Security against Laptop Theft

Today, information is often an organization’s most important asset. As laptops are overtaking desktop PCs as the major source of computing and media storage, laptops frequently store an organization’s most valuable information. Most laptops are stolen at the work place, conference centers, hotel rooms, cars, airports and train stations. As statistics show, it is just impossible to be able to prevent theft to occur as opportunists are everywhere in our society. Alertsec Xpress offers a very good and easy-to-use laptop security service that includes more than the traditional software licensing model. Feel free to subsribe for your personal 30-day free trial.

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