Almost three-quarters of the Dutch consider their own knowledge of online risks such as phishing, hacking and malware reasonable to good. 69% of Dutch consumers and 56% of businesses do not report or report cyber attacks or crime. And a quarter of small SMEs take no action at all to be digitally safe.
This is according to Alert Online 2022, the annual survey of Dutch people's awareness of cybersecurity commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK) (1).
Minister Micky Adriaansens (Economic Affairs and Climate): "We see that the digital awareness of consumers and companies has gone up. Many Dutch people are willing to take security measures, such as performing updates or logging into systems or devices. That alone is not enough. What matters is that we are also more alert. So I call on consumers and businesses to also report online risks more often, and certainly small SMEs to make digital security a daily part of their entrepreneurship."
One-third of the survey group had experienced phishing themselves. As in 2021, friend-in-need fraud (13%) and malware (11%) are part of the aforementioned top three. Hacking (11%) follows shortly behind. These four forms of cyber risks are also the most frequently mentioned when asked what people think they might face.
45% of Dutch people have little concern about their online security in private. Half of these say they always update their smart devices. Checking for fake websites and links, using so-called two-factor authentication when logging in, doing virus scans and changing passwords also make two in five Dutch people feel safe. As in 2021 and 2020, the majority of Dutch people (61%) have little concern about a cyber attack.
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2022/10/05/nederland-digitaal-bewuster-maar-deel-kleiner-mkb-onderneemt-nog-geen-actie
