"You can imagine how many people are going to find out how many medals their country won each day, so they are a very high profile target."

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"The highest-mobility times are also the highest-target times for thieves looking to steal smartphones and laptops," according to Ward Clapham, a 30-year of police veteran who is now vice president of investigations and recovery for Absolute Software, a lost-device-tracking company. "During the June, July and August travel time, expect to see these devices go missing. And, ultimately, when these things go missing, so does the intelligence."

Clapham believes part of necessary policy in today's mobile, and , work environment is educating users on risky behaviors both before travel and during the trip.