Checking links before clicking · Cyber Behaviour Benchmark

The question, exactly as 3,832 people saw it

When I receive an email, I hover over links to see where they would take me before clicking on them.

Never

Sometimes

22%

Often

68%

Always

I don't know how to hover over or read a link

The full spread of answers, not just right and wrong. 2% chose "I don't know how to hover over or read a link". That is a group who would do this if they were shown how, which is a different problem from people who know how and skip it. Everyone answered in their own language; the English wording is shown here.

What a participant was told

The feedback shown after answering, verbatim:

Hovering shows where a link really leads before you commit to clicking. Whenever a message invites you to act (click a link, open a file, call a number), first check who is really asking.

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	33%	329
Technology sector	30%	428
Insurance sector	29%	416
Manufacturing sector	28%	488
Just me size	28%	32
Other sector	27%	352
250 or more size	27%	1,886
Belgium, everyone	26%	3,832
50 to 249 size	26%	1,251
Healthcare sector	25%	402
Public sector sector	24%	192
10 to 49 size	24%	608
Professional services sector	22%	486
2 to 9 size	22%	55
Financial services sector	21%	329
Retail sector	20%	410

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