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Province / territory
Which of the following categories best describes your current employment status?
How many employees are there at all locations in your organization, including those working full and part-time?
Do you believe the number of employees at all locations in your organization is over or under 100?
Do you have any of the following responsibilities:
Are there any children under the age of 18 currently living in your household?
What are the ages of children in the home?
Age
In what year were you born?
In which of the following age categories do you belong?
Do you take precautions to protect your online accounts, social media accounts, devices, and networks?
When it comes to your passwords, which of the following actions do you take?
Do you use multi-factor authentication?
Which of the following authentication factors have you used?
Devices often prompt you to update the operating system (OS). When do you enable this update?
Do you secure your home Wi-Fi with a unique password?
Was the password you used the default one that came with the device (e.g. a router) or is it a new one you created yourself?
Do you use a guest network with a separate password for your smart devices and/or for visitors?
Thinking about data storage of information for personal use, do you save information on your computer hard drive, an external hard drive (i.e., extra storage / back up), or on a "virtual server" (i.e., cloud computing)?
How often do you back up data/personal files stored on your computer, smartphone or other mobile device?
In the past month, have you ...
As far as you know, what are signs of phishing?
What steps do you take to verify that a website is secure?
...causing your personal information to be compromised?
...causing you financial loss?
...causing you the loss of files, photos?
In the next year, how likely do you feel it is that you will be affected by a cyber threat where your data will be held for ransom?
Why don't you think that it is likely that you will be affected by a cyber threat?
What kinds of cyber threats are you most concerned about?
How well prepared are you to face cyber threats?
Why is that?
Have you ever been a victim of any of the following cyber attacks?
If you knew or suspected that you'd been a victim of a cyber attack, what steps would you take to protect yourself?
How do you prefer to get information to protect yourself from cyber threats?
Have you ever looked for the following types of cyber security information?
Where did you find that information?
What was it about this information that made it helpful?
How often do you work from home?
Have you been given any specific instructions or requirements by your employer to protect the organization from cyber threats?
If yes, what type of instructions or requirements have you been given by your employer?
It's up to individuals to protect their own personal privacy.
I feel I have enough information on how to take steps to protect myself and my devices against cyber threats.
I am confident that I could protect myself online as long as I have basic and trustworthy information on steps to take.
I am confident that I know how to find practical information I can use to protect myself online
I am confident that businesses and other organizations have adequate security safeguards to protect my personal information.
Who would you trust to give you the best technically reliable and up-to-date information about online threats and steps you can take to protect yourself?
Turning to your work as a business owner/manager, which of the following steps has your business taken to protect itself against online threats?
Which of the following instructions do you provide to employees to protect the organization against cyber threats and to protect personal information?
Does your organization have employees who work from home, even some of the time?
What additional instructions or requirements do you have for employees who work from home to protect the organization against cyber threats?
Which of the following types of information do you feel that your organization would benefit from having in order to protect itself against cyber threats?
Who is responsible for your company's IT?
...cause work disruptions?
...cause damage to your organization's reputation?
...cause financial loss?
...result in my company's data being held for ransom?
Why is this?
How well would your organization be able to recover from a ransomware attack?
There is a Government of Canada awareness campaign created to inform Canadians about cyber security and the simple steps they can take to protect themselves online. Can you name this campaign?
Have you seen, heard or read anything from the Government of Canada with the title Get Cyber Safe that talked about online threats and how to protect yourself?
Where did you see, hear, or read this?
With which gender do you identify?
What is the highest level of formal education that you have completed to date?
Which of the following categories best describes your total household income? That is, the total income of all persons in your household, before taxes?
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