Canadian SMEs using cyber security protection strategies 2017

Share of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada using cyber security strategies to protect their business as of September 2017

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Passwords 71%
Antivirus 71%
Firewall 67%
Anti-malware 61%
Anti-spyware 54%
Policies and procedures 46%
Data encryption 42%
Employee cyber awareness education 38%
Two-factor/two-step authentication 25%
None of these 1%
Don't know 9%
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Release date

October 2017

Region

Canada

Survey time period

August 28 to September 7, 2017

Number of respondents

1,003 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

small businesses defined as companies with 5-99 employees, medium businesses with 100 to less than 500 employees

Supplementary notes

Question: Which of the following layers of cyber security do you currently have protecting your business?

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