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Unisys Security Index Reveals High Concern About Government and Business Protection of Private Data

11/10/2009

As a top player in the IT security market, we take seriously both the bonds we form with our customers in addressing their needs, and our social responsibility to help ensure public and financial safety and security.

As part of this commitment, we have twice-annually since 2007 refreshed our Unisys Security Index, a global study that gauges the attitudes of citizens and consumers on a wide range of security related issues. The Unisys Security Index provides a regular, statistically robust measure of concerns about four areas of security - National, Financial, Internet, and Personal security.

The most recent wave, researched in September and released October 20, 2009, yielded some interesting insights into the world’s ‘sense of security’:

  • - 62% of Britons are apprehensive about shopping and banking online.
  • - Only 21% of Belgians are seriously concerned about meeting financial obligations.
  • - The Dutch are least concerned (<=71 on a 300 scale) about security across all four dimensions of index.
  • - Germans prefer to verify identity with a fingerprint scan (89%)and eye scan (77%) over a PIN or password.
  • - Young Spaniards (18-24) are ~15 pts more concerned than those 55+ about bank card fraud and online banking.
  • - 58% of Americans are willing to provide biometric data to verify identity.
  • - Brazilians clearly prefer fingerprint scans (79%) or eye scans (74%) over other methods of authentication.
  • - 1 in 4 New Zealanders – are seriously concerned about banks protection of personal data.
  • - One-third of Australians are seriously concerned about government's and bank's protection of personal data.

To learn more, please visit our Unisys Security Index microsite or join in our security conversation on Twitter.

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