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

• Autore: Dertouzos James N. <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (74 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Computer crimes - Costs; Data protection - Costs; High technology industries - Security measures - Costs
• Altri autori: LarsonEric V <1957-> (Eric Victor) EbenerPatricia A <1949-> (Patricia Anne)
• Note generali: "Prepared for the International Electronics Security Group and the American Electronics Association."; "Science and Techology [sic] Program."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63).
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: The economic costs and implications of high-technology hardware theft
• ISBN: 0-8330-4340-4; 0-585-24767-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826423703321
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