We all like to take a break around Christmas, if we can, to enjoy some relaxation. This year we’ve come up with a short cyber quiz to share with your colleagues during the run up to Christmas, as a reminder that the Christmas period can involve higher cyber risk for everyone.
Christmas—both before and after—can be risky because we tend to shop online more, be tempted by bargain offers appearing in our email and on social media, and, overall, be slightly more distracted as a result of the extra pressure to get things done before the end of the year, both in our personal lives and our business lives.
As a quick reminder, then:
- Be careful about clicking on links, no matter how tempting the link looks.
- Keep your personal information private, and your passwords strong.
- Don’t be rushed into taking any action (at home or at work) that is unusual or out of the ordinary for you.
On with the cyber quiz!
The 2022 Cyber Quiz
All questions refer to 2022 (unless it says otherwise), and all the answers are up for discussion; the point is to prompt you and your staff to think about cyber security, rather than to provide the perfect statistic for your next presentation.
Answers available at the bottom of the page. No peeking!
1. What percentage of data breaches worldwide are caused by phishing?
- 10%
- 45%
- 65%
- 90%
2. Which is the most common data security breach reported to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) in the UK?
- Data emailed to the wrong person
- Failure to use BCC in an email
- Phishing
- Ransomware
3. Which type of social media account is most likely to get hacked? (Note: this data is from 2021, and doesn’t take into account the recent changes at Twitter)
4. What is the average price of a hacked social media account on the dark web (in US dollars)?
- $0-10
- $11-20
- $21-30
- $31-40
- $41+
5. Which country has the highest average security spend as a percentage (%) of an IT budget?
- Brazil
- Italy
- Turkey
- UK
- USA
6. Which is the most cyber-secure country?
- Austria
- Brazil
- Denmark
- Ireland
- UK
- USA
7. How many years would it take a hacker to crack a 12-character password made up of numbers, upper- and lower-case letters and symbols?
- 30
- 300
- 3,000
- 3,000,000
8. What percentage of ransomware attacks in the UK were stopped before the attackers managed to encrypt the data?
- 21%
- 35%
- 43%
- 62%
9. What do most cyber security professionals in the UK do?
- Generalist
- Governance, risk, compliance and legal
- Incident management, response and recovery
- Network security (networks and firewalls)
- Penetration testing (‘hacking in’)
- Security architecture
- Security operations (e.g., intrusion detection)
- System security (operating systems and patching)
10. How many more cyber security personnel does the UK government think are needed in the UK?
- 4,600
- 7,500
- 11,400
- 14,100
How did you do? You can find the answers here. Please share the quiz with your colleagues as a fun cyber security awareness exercise.
If you’d like more information, or advice on cyber security, do contact CSP on 0113 5323763 or via our contact form.