T 5.69 Higher risk of theft from a working place at home

A home workplace is generally not as secure as a workplace at a company or a government agency. The risk of someone being able to enter an organisation's building without authorisation is much lower than for a private home due to more elaborate precautions such as the use of safety doors, intrusion protection, or the use of a gatekeeper service, for example.

The objectives of break-ins and thefts in/from private homes normally include financial gain. For this reason, primarily objects such as jewellery or IT equipment are stolen that can be sold quickly and easily. At the same time, IT equipment used for work may also be stolen. However, the information existing on the stolen IT systems is generally more valuable than the IT systems themselves. Burglars could attempt to make even more money through extortion or by passing the data on to a competitor than they could by selling the hardware.