The economic costs and implications of high-technology hardware theft / James N. Dertouzos, Eric V. Larson, Patricia A. Ebener.

The economic costs and implications of high-technology hardware theft /

This report presents the results of a study undertaken at the request of the American Electronics Association and a consortium of high-tech industries. Based on a nine-month survey of 95 firms, representing approximately 40 percent of the sales volume for the computer, semiconductor, hard disk drive...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dertouzos, James N., 1950-
Corporate Authors: International Electronics Security Group, American Electronics Association, Rand Corporation
Other Authors: Larson, Eric V. (Eric Victor), 1957-, Ebener, Patricia A. (Patricia Anne), 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1999.
Subjects:
Computer crimes > Costs.
Data protection > Costs.
High technology industries > Security measures > Costs.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • ""PREFACE""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""STUDY METHODS""; ""SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Direct Costs of Hardware Theft Are Almost 250 Million""; ""Magnitude of Indirect Losses Exceeds That of Direct Losses by a Factor Greater Than Five""; ""Industry Losses Include Cost of Thefts from Business Customers""; ""Total Losses Could Exceed 5 Billion""; ""Industry and Customers Share the Price of High-Tech Losses""; ""Firms Donâ€?t Have the Correct Incentives to Invest in Security Measures""; ""There Has Been a Significant Decline in Hardware Theft""
  • POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR FIRMS, INDUSTRY, AND THE PUBLIC SECTORACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ACRONYMS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • BACKGROUND
  • THE MANY DIMENSIONS OF HIGH-TECH HARDWARE THEFT
  • METHOD
  • ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT
  • THE DIRECT COSTS OF HIGH-TECH HARDWARE THEFT
  • ESTIMATE OF INDUSTRY DIRECT LOSSES
  • KEY PATTERNS IN THE LOSS DATA
  • Losses by Value
  • Losses by Product Category
  • Thefts by Incident Scenario
  • Geographic Patterns
  • Location of Thefts
  • PREDICTING COMPANY LOSS EXPERIENCES
  • THE INDIRECT COSTS OF HIGH-TECH HARDWARE THEFT
  • DISPLACED DEMAND, OR LOST SALESSECURITY INVESTMENTS AND INSURANCE
  • PRICING INCREASES DUE TO INCREASED COSTS
  • EFFECTS ON MANUFACTURERS OF THEFTS FROM FINAL BUSINESS CUSTOMERS
  • SIMULATING THE EFFECTS OF INDIRECT COSTS
  • SECOND-ORDER EFFECTS OF HARDWARE THEFT
  • RETURNS ON SECURITY INVESTMENTS
  • SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND POLICY CONCLUSIONS
  • SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
  • POLICY CONCLUSIONS Policy Implications for Firms
  • Policy Implications for Industry
  • Policy Implications for Society
  • OVERVIEW OF THEFT INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM (TIRS) AND DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOLSRECRUITMENT, PARTICIPATION, AND VALIDATION
  • THE THEFT INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT
  • Incident Report Variables and Codes
  • MERCHANDISE REPORT VARIABLES AND CODES
  • OPERATIONS
  • CASE STUDY PROTOCOL
  • MODELS OF THE INDIRECT COSTS OF THEFT
  • STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF LOSS PATTERNS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY

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