Cybersecurity a big concern in Canada as cybercrime’s impact grows

guest · Nov 19, 2018

Cybersecurity a big concern in Canada as cybercrime’s impact grows
November 19, 2018
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/11/19/cybersecurity-big-concern-canada-cybercrime/

According to new research being published today, most Canadians now see cybercrime as a threat to their country, while many also believe that their chances of being victimized by cybercrime are increasing. These are some of the key findings of the ESET Cybercrime Barometer 2018, a survey that polled 3,500 adults in North America (1,000 in Canada and 2,500 in the US).

Frankly, I was just as shocked to see that respondents thought cybercrime was a more important challenge than terrorism, human trafficking, or money laundering.
Additional findings of interest document some of the ways Canadians are reacting to cybercrime, including a small but worrying percentage who are using the internet less these days due to privacy and security concerns.

[...] it would seem that Canadians worry a lot about becoming a victim of identity theft, but relatively few report actually experiencing this crime. A possible explanation for this is provided in the report.
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"Report: ESET Cybersecurity Barometer Canada 2018" (PDF): https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ESET_Cybersecurity-Report2018.pdf

guest · Jul 17, 2020

Over Half of Canadians Victims of Cybercrime
July 16, 2020
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/over-half-of-canadians-victimized/

More than half of Canadians have fallen victim to a cybercrime, according to a new report by the Cybersecure Policy Exchange (CPX) at Ryerson University in Toronto.

In the report Advancing a Cybersecure Canada: Introducing the Cybersecure Policy Exchange, the CPX revealed that 57% of Canadians say that they have been a victim of a cybercrime.
This percentage is a significant increase from 2017, when, according to an Accenture survey, just 36% of Canadians reported being the target of a cybercrime attempt.
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Of the five types of cybercrime listed in the survey, the most commonly encountered was ransomware or an unintentionally installed or downloaded computer virus or piece of malware, with the former being experience by 8% of respondents and the latter by 31%.
Data breaches proved problematic for more than a quarter of those surveyed, with 28% reporting that their personal information had been exposed through a cybersecurity incident of this nature.

With the publication of the report, the initiative hopes to stimulate a national debate around cybersecurity and digital privacy.

“We need urgent national policies that protect our security and digital privacy, while ensuring equal access for all,” said one of the report authors, Charles Finlay.
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Advancing a Cybersecure Canada

Introducing the Cybersecure Policy Exchange
In this report, we lay out our immediate areas of focus for the new Cybersecure Policy Exchange (CPX); explain what these technologies are; share our most-up-to-date understanding of the challenges that each presents to Canadians; and share new research of Canadians’ use of, and attitudes toward, these technologies.

The goal of CPX is to broaden and deepen the debate and discussion of cybersecurity and digital privacy policy in Canada, and to create and advance innovative policy responses, from idea generation to implementation.
Cybersecurity and digital privacy are not just technical matters that should only concern experts.
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