Kaspersky: The Digital Security Index in the second half of 2016

Η Lab επικαιροποίησε το Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index, ένα σύνολο παραμέτρων που της επιτρέπει την αξιολόγηση των επιπέδων του κινδύνου για τους χρήστες του διαδικτύου παγκοσμίως. Ο δείκτης για το δεύτερο εξαμήνο του 2016 παρουσιάζει μία θετική τάση: ο αριθμός των ανθρώπων που ενδιαφέρεται για την ασφάλειά του — και είναι έτοιμος να προστατέψει τον εαυτό του από ψηφιακές απειλές — συνεχώς αυξάνεται.

The index is based on an online survey involving Internet users from around the world and conducted by Kaspersky Lab twice a year. In the second half of 2016, 17.377 people responded from 28 countries.Kaspersky

This year, the index has undergone a slight change: the main indicators have been revised to reflect the digital life of users in different countries. Currently, the Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index contains three main indicators:

· Indifferent - the percentage of users who do not believe they can be targeted by digital crime.

· Unprotected - the number of users who have not installed a security solution on their computers, tablets, and smartphones.

· Victims - the percentage of users who have been the victims of digital crime. In the second half of 2016, the list of incidents related to this index increased significantly.

Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index users can now view statistics for specific financial losses that have occurred as a result of digital criminal activity, and they can also compare data from different user groups (for example, smartphone use among elderly people in the US and young people in Sweden).

The global index for the second half of the year (Indifferent — Unprotected — Victims) was 74-39-29. This means that 74% of users do not believe that they can become a victim of digital criminals, 39% of respondents do not security solutions on its connected devices and 29% of those surveyed have been "infected" by digital attacks in recent months. Last year's index was 79-40-29, which means that 6 months ago more people believed they were invulnerable and preferred to remain unprotected.

The percentage of victims of digital crime remains at the same level (29%) because this index in the current upgrade has changed. In order to have a clearer picture, the list of digital threats now includes "financial scams" and "devices used for digital attacks" without which the average index of "victims" around the world could be found at 27 % instead of 29%. In fact, this means that the number of victims in the second half of 2016 has decreased at the same time as increasing the responsibility of users with regard to their personal safety.

For example, the number of users who encountered malicious predecreased from 22% to 20%. The cost to remove the effects of "contamination" has been reduced from $121 to $92. However, the percentage of those who have fallen victim to other types of threats has increased. For example, the number of users who fell victim to ransomware, phishing, data theft and data leaks increased. At the same time, the average amount of money stolen by online fraudsters increased from $472 to $482.

"Kaspersky Lab's Digital Security Index for the second half of 2016 shows positive dynamics that we hope will continue. At Kaspersky Lab, we are doing everything we can to inform as many people as possible about the digital threats and how to deal with them. Our goal is to make the digital world safe for everyone. We are working for a world where people do not lose their data, their digital identity and their money due to the mechanisms of digital criminals. The Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index is one of the steps to this goal, "said Andrei Mochola, Head of Consumer Business, Kaspersky Lab.

In addition to the Index itself and financial losses, the site contains additional information that creates an image of the modern Internet user. For example, site statistics show that the number of Internet-connected devices in an average family continues to grow: in the first half of the year there were 5,9 devices per family, and in the second half this number reached 6,3. It is also evident that more and more users are using electronic banking services (59% in the first half versus 77% in the second), making online purchases (73% vs. 90%) and using digital payment systems (44% vs. 65%).

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