04305nam 2200661 a 450 991082642370332120200520144314.00-8330-4340-40-585-24767-6(CKB)111004368713928(EBL)3031473(SSID)ssj0000143375(PQKBManifestationID)12053629(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143375(PQKBWorkID)10112792(PQKB)10163126(MiAaPQ)EBC3031473(Au-PeEL)EBL3031473(CaPaEBR)ebr2002070(OCoLC)44962912(EXLCZ)9911100436871392819990429d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe economic costs and implications of high-technology hardware theft /James N. Dertouzos, Eric V. Larson, Patricia A. Ebener1st ed.Santa Monica, CA Rand19991 online resource (74 p.)"Prepared for the International Electronics Security Group and the American Electronics Association.""Science and Techology [sic] Program."0-8330-2727-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63).""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 Don�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 SECTOR""""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""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 SALES""""SECURITY 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 PROTOCOLS""""RECRUITMENT, 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""Computer crimesCostsData protectionCostsHigh technology industriesSecurity measuresCostsComputer crimesCosts.Data protectionCosts.High technology industriesSecurity measuresCosts.Dertouzos James N.1950-904299Larson Eric V(Eric Victor),1957-879922Ebener Patricia A(Patricia Anne),1949-1691153International Electronics Security Group.American Electronics Association.Rand Corporation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826423703321The economic costs and implications of high-technology hardware theft4067343UNINA