This statistic depicts the U.S. SME confidence in employee ransomware detection capabilities. According to the September 2016 survey, 20 percent of respondents said they were confident that their employees could detect risky links or sites that could result in a ransomware attack. Over a third of responding SME owners were not confident about their employee's capabilities in this regard.
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Ponemon Institute. (January 31, 2017). How confident are you that your employees can detect risky links or sites that could result in a ransomware attack? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 31, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/701110/employee-ransomware-detection-us-sme/
Ponemon Institute. "How confident are you that your employees can detect risky links or sites that could result in a ransomware attack?." Chart. January 31, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 31, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701110/employee-ransomware-detection-us-sme/
Ponemon Institute. (2017). How confident are you that your employees can detect risky links or sites that could result in a ransomware attack?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 31, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701110/employee-ransomware-detection-us-sme/
Ponemon Institute. "How Confident Are You That Your Employees Can Detect Risky Links or Sites That Could Result in a Ransomware Attack?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/701110/employee-ransomware-detection-us-sme/
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How confident are you that your employees can detect risky links or sites that could result in a ransomware attack? [Graph], Ponemon Institute, January 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/701110/employee-ransomware-detection-us-sme/