He pointed out that countries with more individualisticĬultures seem to align with countries who ranked themselves highly on theirĪbility to keep themselves and their data safe.

(only 26%), but the survey showed they also had the lowest rate of falling

Japan had the lowest level of confidence about their cybersecurity know-how Prashanth Rajivan, assistant professor at the University of Washington and expert in human behavior and technology, for his take on the matter. When so many of us claim to know what to do to stay safe online (and even say we take steps to determine the potential sketchiness of our emails), why are we still getting phished? We asked Dr. Yet 3 in 4 open emails and click links from unknown Respondents had the highest level of confidence out of all seven regionsĨ in 10 people say they take steps to determine if an Zealand, Germany and Italy), it’s a full ten percentage points higher at 69%. If you only take theĪverage of the five other countries surveyed (the US, UK, Australia/New Japan, with only 44% and 26% confidence, respectively). Outliers in our survey who dragged the average down significantly (France and High enough to earn the label of “false confidence”. Overconfidence by the Numbersģ in 5 people (59%) worldwide think they know enough to stay safe online. These data points strongly suggest that we aren’t all being quite as cyber-safe as we think. Unfortunately, people are also still getting phished and social engineering tactics aimed at employees are still a major way that cybercriminals successfully breach businesses.

Featured in the report COVID-19 Clicks: How Phishing Capitalized on a Global Crisis, the survey data shows that, all over the world, people are pretty confident about their ability to keep themselves and their data safe online.

And in cases where you know your stuff, weĮncourage you to keep using your knowledge to help enhance the lives andīut there’s a big difference between being reasonably confident and having false confidence, as we saw in our recent global survey. Own life? No shame and no shade intended – it’s great (and important) to beĬonfident about your skills. Thinks they know it all? Or maybe you’ve occasionally been that person in your

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