ERP Maestro's Survey Examines American Beliefs and Behaviors Towards Cybercrime
Seventy-six percent of Americans believe it's evitable they will be victims of cybercrime, while 48 percent aren't concerned about it.
Jan 21, 2019, 08:35 ET
PLANTATION, Fla., Jan. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- ERP Maestro, provider of automated and cloud-based controls for access, security and GRC, today releases The Inevitability of Cybercrime, results from a December 2018 survey examining the relationship Americans have with cybercrime and identity theft. The responses revealed that 76 percent of Americans believe they will inevitably become a victim of cybercrime, while 68 percent of cybercrime victims don't believe they could have prevented the crime from happening.
"While our mission is to protect companies from cybercrime on the inside, we wanted to examine how concerned people are about cybercrime in their personal life to see if cyber safety is practiced similarly professionally," said Jody Paterson, founder and CEO of ERP Maestro. "Good cybersecurity habits should be practiced at both work and home, but these responses may indicate that the same beliefs and behaviors on cybercrime are also brought into the workplace, and that is a huge risk for companies."
The Inevitability of Cybercrime results reveal only behaviors and attitudes in survey participants' personal lives but could prove interesting if attitudes from a professional standpoint match up and especially if employees don't take cyberattacks seriously and likewise don't adopt good security practices.
Nearly half (48 percent) of respondents are not concerned about being a victim of cybercrime and identity theft. Of those respondents, 57 percent believe that if something happens, the damage will get reversed. While some are less concerned about being a victim and optimistic about recovering from cybercrime, most (72 percent) have changed their habits because of high-profile data breaches, including ones that involved Facebook, Equifax and Target.
"Ultimately, people are the biggest factor in cybersecurity effectiveness. Learning about their beliefs and behaviors on cybercrime can help organizations better protect their own data on the inside and educate their employees on practicing good cyber hygiene," said Paterson.
The Inevitability of Cybercrime survey can be accessed by visiting erpmaestro.com/cybercrime-identity-theft-statistics/.
About the survey
In December 2018, we surveyed 2,000 Americans about their experiences and perceptions of cybercrime and identity theft. Respondents ranged in age from 18 to 82 years old, and all 50 U.S. states were represented.
About ERP Maestro
ERP Maestro makes managing access risk, compliance, and security in SAP® environments incredibly easy. Its award-winning software as a service (SaaS) platform automates the monitoring, detection, and prevention of internal cybersecurity risks in SAP systems, minimizing potential breaches and fraud and accelerating remediation. Its industry-leading segregation of duties (SoD) analysis is used by seven of the world's top 10 audit firms and empowers organizations to establish effective governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) processes. Learn more at www.erpmaestro.com.
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