Although it might not be surprising that Americans are deeply concerned about cybersecurity, that anxiety has grown dramatically in the past few years. This year’s Unisys Security Index, a global consumer survey, found that concern about hacking and malware in the U.S. increased by 55 percent since the survey was last performed in 2014.
As Ron Ross, a fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, told FCW in June, the survey results illustrate the need for federal security professionals to allay some of those concerns with better-engineered IT systems that could serve as models for other organizations looking to build cybersecurity into systems from their inception.
