Microsoft Invents New Way To Measure Online Safety (And Finds That Consumers Stink At It)

snoopy · Oct 28, 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011
Microsoft Invents New Way To Measure Online Safety (And Finds That Consumers Stink At It)

The study, sponsored by Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group (TwC), introduces a new metric, the Microsoft Computing Safety Index (MCSI) to measure online safety, but finds that consumers are having trouble getting past the basics when it comes to staying safe on the Internet.

Microsoft polled consumers in U.S., U.K., Germany, France and Brazil in what the company called a ‘benchmark survey.’ The average MCSI from that poll, 34, suggests users have the basics covered but have left lots of room to improve, Microsoft said.
Among the five countries, 55 percent of users use automatic computer updates and roughly 90 percent of those surveyed use anti-virus protection. Conversely, only 26 percent of users said they had confidence in their PC security software while only eleven percent agreed “good digital citizens” are winning the war against hackers.
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