A survey of 100 office workers from backup specialist company Databarracks found that over half (57 percent) have at some point lost an office work laptop/BlackBerry/USB stick, with the most common loss location being a pub, bar or restaurant
And nearly two-thirds (63 percent) admit to having accidentally deleted data on their network.
But, this carelessness contrasted noticeably with the importance that employees placed on data, with 84 percent saying they couldn’t do their job for more than half a day if they lost access to it.
Peter Groucutt, MD of Databarracks commented: “Whilst employees can be educated to treat corporate data more carefully, human error will always be a factor, so this is not a problem that is going to disappear overnight.
“In addition, organisations have a myriad of different applications to protect, and data retention and archiving regulations to comply with. More organisations have to start seriously considering secure online backup to protect themselves from unforeseen events.”