The question, exactly as 3,832 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. 3% 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 |
|---|
| Insurance sector | 8% | 416 |
| Professional services sector | 7% | 486 |
| Manufacturing sector | 7% | 488 |
| Retail sector | 7% | 410 |
| Technology sector | 7% | 428 |
| 50 to 249 size | 7% | 1,251 |
| 250 or more size | 7% | 1,886 |
| Belgium, everyone | 6% | 3,832 |
| Other sector | 6% | 352 |
| Just me size | 6% | 32 |
| Financial services sector | 5% | 329 |
| Education sector | 5% | 329 |
| Healthcare sector | 5% | 402 |
| Public sector sector | 5% | 192 |
| 10 to 49 size | 5% | 608 |
| 2 to 9 size | 4% | 55 |
