The question, exactly as 2,719 people saw it
In the past year, have you received an email from a colleague containing a confidential file that was not password-protected or encrypted (e.g. client contact details, sensitive data, your company's commercial strategy…)?
The full spread of answers, not just right and wrong. 4% chose "I am not sure". Being unsure of what you have seen is itself worth knowing: it usually means nobody has said what to look for. Everyone answered in their own language; the English wording is shown here.
What a participant was told
The feedback shown after answering, verbatim:
Confidential files deserve protection even between colleagues. Password-protecting or encrypting them before sending means a forwarded or misdirected email cannot expose them.
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 |
|---|
| 2 to 9 size | 21% | 34 |
| Professional services sector | 9% | 389 |
| Insurance sector | 9% | 200 |
| Healthcare sector | 8% | 221 |
| Technology sector | 8% | 355 |
| Public sector sector | 8% | 92 |
| Other sector | 8% | 237 |
| 50 to 249 size | 8% | 803 |
| Belgium, everyone | 7% | 2,719 |
| Education sector | 7% | 326 |
| Manufacturing sector | 7% | 319 |
| 10 to 49 size | 7% | 659 |
| 250 or more size | 7% | 1,204 |
| Retail sector | 6% | 226 |
| Financial services sector | 5% | 354 |
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.
