People in New Zealand who take security measures on the devices they use to connect to the Internet
By measure, 2020 & 2023, % of people
| Year | Response | % of people |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | None of these | 2.00000000000000004% |
| 2020 | Regularly back up the content | 35.999999999999999% |
| 2020 | Regularly update the software | 63.0000000000000004% |
| 2020 | Use a password manager | 20.000000000000001% |
| 2020 | Use a pin or password on any or all devices | 86.9999999999999996% |
| 2020 | Use a VPN if connecting to the Internet using a Wi-Fi network you don’t know | 11.0000000000000001% |
| 2020 | Use two factor or multi factor authentication on any or all accounts | 36.9999999999999996% |
| 2020 | Use unique passwords for every online service | 33.000000000000002% |
| 2023 | None of these | 2.9999999999999999% |
| 2023 | Regularly back up the content | 29.999999999999999% |
| 2023 | Regularly update the software | 52.000000000000002% |
| 2023 | Use a password manager | 27.000000000000002% |
| 2023 | Use a pin or password on any or all devices | 72.999999999999998% |
| 2023 | Use a VPN if connecting to the Internet using a Wi-Fi network you don’t know | 14.000000000000001% |
| 2023 | Use two factor or multi factor authentication on any or all accounts | 51.000000000000001% |
| 2023 | Use unique passwords for every online service | 36.9999999999999996% |
Notes
Respondents were asked the following question:
-Which of the following security precautions do you take with your own devices?
Data calculation/treatment
The researchers used a combination of pre-survey quotas and post-survey weighting to ensure results are broadly representative of all New Zealanders by age, gender, region and ethnicity.
For more information
Data provided by
Dataset name
New Zealand’s Internet Insights: By wave 2023
Webpage:
https://internetnz.nz/new-zealands-internet-insights/new-zealands-internet-insights-2023/
How to find the data
Internet NZ sent the aggregated data directly to Figure.NZ for the purpose of publication.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: New Zealand’s Internet Insights: By wave 2023
From the dataset New Zealand’s Internet Insights: By wave 2023, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: Q42
- Range:
D12:H21 - Provided: 50 data points
This data forms the table Internet - Security precautions used on the Internet 2019–2023.
Dataset originally released on:
February 2024
About this dataset
In 2018 InternetNZ conducted a consolidated research project that incorporated three historical research projects for both the former NZRS, and InternetNZ. This project covered business and consumer use and attitudes towards domain names, as well as public perceptions of the Internet in general. In 2019 they have replicated a section of this research project, to understand any changes in consumer perceptions of the Internet. The survey follows the same processes for 2018, however from 2019 onwards, the survey focused only on consumer use of and perceptions of the Internet.
Method of collection/Data provider
This was a survey a total of 1,001 people online (803 consumers, and 198 consumers who also manage or own a business)
For the 2023 data, fieldwork was conducted from 15th to 22nd November 2023.
The maximum margin of error on the total group n=1,001 is +/-3.1% at the 95% confidence interval.