Consumers overconfident of their connected device security

A new study from the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) into perception and behavior around connected device security reveals that most US consumers are confident that the connected devices they own are secure. However, the survey of 1,000 respondents in two age groups (500 aged 18-34 and 500 aged 50-75) reveals this confidence may be misplaced, along with some interesting generation gaps. While 81 percent of consumers in the 18-34 age group feel moderate to high confidence that the connected devices they own are sufficiently secure only 77 percent of the 50-75 age group feel the same way. Neither age… [Continue Reading]