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- Date: 28 May 91 12:19:12 bst
- From: P.A.Taylor <EJPA09@uk.ac.edinburgh.emas-a>
- Subject: Research Analysis
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- Here is a selective and very rough analysis of the questionnaire you \
- answered.
- It is from the first 50 responses out of a total of just under 200.
- A full analysis will be distributed when the target of 3-400 responses is
- achieved.
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- Q1. Gender: 1 female respondent out of 50 (2 out of 200).
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- Q7. Security of respondent's computer environment:
- Too strict - 0%
- Adequate -62%
- Lax -26%
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- Q9. Length of professional experience: 38% - over 10 years.
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- Q11. Serious interest in computing: 68% - over 10 years.
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- Q12. Nature of interest: mainly professional 28%
- Professional and Recreational 72%
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- Q13. Experience of: Malicious hack/harmless browse/viral incident.
- All of these 26%
- None 16%
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- Q14. Number of times: 0-5 - 60%
- 6-10- 6%
- 10 -> 20%
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- Q15. What was it? : virus - 38%
- worm - 16%
- Trojan- 18%
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- Q16. How serious? : very - 6%
- not very - 42%
- not at all serious - 38%
- combination of these -14%
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- Q18. Non-destructive access to data - crime?
- yes - 42%
- no - 20%
- don't know 38%
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- Q19. Happy with current legislation?
- yes, about right - 12%
- no, it's too draconian - 38%
- Not strong enough - 18%
- Don't know - 32%
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- Q20. More professional structure to computing industry needed?
- yes -30%
- no -40%
- don't know -30%
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- Q21. Greatest threat to security?
- insiders -70%
- outsiders -8%
- about the same - 18%
- don't know -4%
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- Q22. Viruses - potentially useful?
- yes -40%
- no -42%
- don't know 18%
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- Q23. Benefits to System Breaking?
- yes -60%
- no -28%
- don't know -12%
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- Q24. Knowledge of Cyberpunk?
- yes -64%
- no -36%
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- Q25. Future trends of viruses?
- increase -64%
- decrease -10%
- stay the same -26%
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- A complete analysis will be coming soon.
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