According to a poll by Chubb of adults in the U.S. and Canada, a little more than half said they use multifactor authentication to log into online accounts, which is twice the number of people from a survey a year ago.
However, some poor cybersecurity behaviors remain common – half of those surveyed are still including the name of a pet or another identifiable name or date in the password, according to Chubb’s Fifth Annual Study on Personal Cyber Risk. Nearly 85% of high-net worth Americans and Canadians use such identifiable terms or dates in their passwords – more than three times the rate of middle-income respondents (27%), Chubb said.
Overall, Chub said, results of the survey reveal that awareness of cyber threats is high and growing. Respondents admit to being annoyed with being forced to change passwords and keep track of them – more than 60% each, the insurer said. Nevertheless, adoption of practices such as regularly clearing browser histories and using password protection apps, pop-up blockers and malware protection were up significantly from 2021.
“Our fifth annual report on personal cyber risk…
