Weekend Poll: Are you cyber aware?

We’ve had so much on our plates these past 34 months or so that it can be easy to focus on the most apparent workplace issues and challenges. 

While it’s understandable if  cybersecurity and your personal cyber awareness weren’t necessarily  top of mind in 2022,  we need to be more cyber aware than ever. I began paying serious attention to cybersecurity, and learning about it, when supporting a board and its committees. One of those committees focused on technology, and I soon began reading and learning more on my own time about how to spot and reduce or mitigate risks.

Not all of us have the benefit of such exposure to this key business issue, which continues to become increasingly personal – whether your career is currently hybrid, remote or entirely onsite. However, if you’ve attended any of my cybersecurity training presentations, or read my articles on apps and the need for all of us to become increasingly aware of both business and personal cyber risks, you’ll know there are steps each of us can take to mitigate those risks.

This begins with awareness, which I seek to elevate through these surveys and LinkedIn posts as well as articles and presentations.

My sixth annual survey focusing on cyber awareness

When I published my first Weekend Poll focused on cybersecurity, in October 2017,  almost 20% of those who responded said they had limited (or no) awareness of the topic. Less than half (48%) said they’d received cybersecurity training through their employers. The good news: this percentage increased to 56.5% in 2018 and, by 2021, rose to 84%.

The bad news: Cyber criminals, also known as hackers and threat actors, continue to evolve some pretty sophisticated practices. That, and the extent to which we blur our personal and business lives and hardware, means we shouldn’t let up in terms of routinely building awareness. With this in mind, let’s see how we’re doing with cyber awareness,  and how to spot and mitigate risks in the year ahead. This leads me to ask:

How’s your cybersecurity awareness in 2022?
Please take a couple of minutes to complete the poll below.
As always, I look forward to hearing what you have to say and will publish the results here.

YesNo
Yes
No
1 - limited or no knowledge23 - high knowledge level
1 - limited or no knowledge
2
3 - high knowledge level
YesNo
Yes
No
Modules or resources are online, and it's up to us to access themWithin the last monthWithin the last quarterWithin the last half yearWithin the last yearMore than a year ago
Modules or resources are online, and it's up to us to access them
Within the last month
Within the last quarter
Within the last half year
Within the last year
More than a year ago
YesNo
Yes
No
YesMy cybersecurity PD is limited to what Shelagh’s presented or written on the topicNo
Yes
My cybersecurity PD is limited to what Shelagh’s presented or written on the topic
No
1 (not concerned)23 ( very concerned)
1 (not concerned)
2
3 ( very concerned)
1 (not concerned)23 (very concerned)
1 (not concerned)
2
3 (very concerned)
passwordspassphrasesI use both passwords and passphrases
passwords
passphrases
I use both passwords and passphrases
YesNo
Yes
No
12345 or moreI use distinct passwords or passphrases for every account or log-in
1
2
3
4
5 or more
I use distinct passwords or passphrases for every account or log-in
YesNoOnly occasionally
Yes
No
Only occasionally
1 - embarrassingly obvious23 - challenging
1 - embarrassingly obvious
2
3 - challenging
123-56-1011-1516-24> two dozen> three dozen
1
2
3-5
6-10
11-15
16-24
> two dozen
> three dozen
Yes, I have a copy list and keep it securedYes, I have a hard copy list but it's not under lock and keyNo
Yes, I have a copy list and keep it secured
Yes, I have a hard copy list but it's not under lock and key
No
Yes; I store it on my business hardware and it's password protectedYes; I store it on my business hardware but it's NOT password protectedYes; I store it on my personal hardware and it's password protectedYes; I store it on my personal hardware but it's NOT password protectedNo
Yes; I store it on my business hardware and it's password protected
Yes; I store it on my business hardware but it's NOT password protected
Yes; I store it on my personal hardware and it's password protected
Yes; I store it on my personal hardware but it's NOT password protected
No
Yes - in my careerYes - for personal useYes - for both career and personal useNo
Yes - in my career
Yes - for personal use
Yes - for both career and personal use
No
Yes - in my careerYes - for personal useYes - for both career and personal useNo
Yes - in my career
Yes - for personal use
Yes - for both career and personal use
No
YesNoI do so with apps, but not for other software installationsI do so for most software installations, but not for appsI haven't done so, yet perhaps it's time to start doing so
Yes
No
I do so with apps, but not for other software installations
I do so for most software installations, but not for apps
I haven't done so, yet perhaps it's time to start doing so
YesNoI'm not familiar with this
Yes
No
I'm not familiar with this
YesNo
Yes
No
YesNo
Yes
No
YesNo
Yes
No
YesNo
Yes
No
YesNo
Yes
No
YesNoI hadn't thought about this, but I will now
Yes
No
I hadn't thought about this, but I will now

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