As of 2020, virus scanners were the most commonly known digital security measure known to Dutch respondents. Roughly 81 percent of all respondents, which stem from both SMEs as well large companies, indicated that they are familiar with and/or use virus scanners. Roughly 25 percent, on the other hand, said the same thing on VPN connections. Open source hard-and software were the least known: about 15 percent of the respondents said they knew about this protection.
Share of people being familiar with/using digital security protection in the Netherlands in 2020, by type of measure
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This question was phrased by the source in Dutch as follows: "Kun je aangeven in welke mate u bekend bent/weet wat het is/gebruik maakt van de onderstaande zaken?" (English: ''Could you indicate to what degree you are familiar/make use of the following protections?'')
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