Helpful Privacy Tips When Working from Home
It is a commonly-held belief that younger, more tech-savvy individuals are less likely to engage in risky cyber practices than their “senior,” pre-internet counterparts. Recent evidence, however, indicates to the contrary. Chubb’s 2019 Cyber Risk Survey revealed these surprising statistics:
| Age Group |
Delete Suspicious Emails |
Regularly Monitor Their Financial Statements |
Enrolled in a Cybersecurity Monitoring Service |
| Over 55 |
77% |
74% |
53% |
| 35 – 54 |
55% |
57% |
41% |
| 18 – 34 |
36% |
33% |
29% |
Vigilance, not vigor, produces safe cyber practices. In fairness, it is not the wisdom that comes with age that explains the survey results. In fact, “that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms.
