The question, exactly as 2,719 people saw it
If I have to work from a public space,…
I usually connect with my mobile hotspot41% I usually connect via the public wi-fi without a VPN (a Virtual Private Network)16% I usually connect via the public wi-fi with a VPN38% I never have to connect from a public space does not apply5% The full spread of answers, not just right and wrong. 5% answered "I never have to connect from a public space", which the scan treats as genuinely not applying to them, so those answers stay out of this question's score. That is why 2,591 people sit behind the figures elsewhere on this page. Everyone answered in their own language; the English wording is shown here.
What a participant was told
The feedback shown after answering, verbatim:
On open public wi-fi, others can see which sites you visit and can intercept anything not encrypted. Your mobile hotspot or a VPN closes that; open public wi-fi on its own does not.
The workgroup wrote these. Showing them beside the national result is how the questionnaire stays theirs.
Where it is weakest
Share whose own answer puts them at risk, by group. Only groups with enough people and enough organisations appear.
| Group | At risk | People |
|---|
| Education sector | 22% | 316 |
| Healthcare sector | 22% | 209 |
| Insurance sector | 18% | 192 |
| 10 to 49 size | 18% | 633 |
| 250 or more size | 18% | 1,144 |
| Belgium, everyone | 17% | 2,591 |
| Manufacturing sector | 17% | 309 |
| Technology sector | 17% | 337 |
| Financial services sector | 15% | 333 |
| Professional services sector | 15% | 369 |
| Public sector sector | 14% | 85 |
| Other sector | 14% | 222 |
| 50 to 249 size | 14% | 765 |
| Retail sector | 12% | 219 |
| 2 to 9 size | 6% | 31 |
1 group held back: Just me. They are named rather than left out, so you can tell the difference between still gathering and never measured.
