B
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28%
28% -- information security audit frequency for small businesses in Canada (2015)
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28%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2015
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B
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95
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90
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90
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Ipsos
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https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/majority-65-large-businesses-canada-have-known-and-understood-protocol-s… ↗
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Majority (65%) of Large Businesses in Canada Have a Known and Understood Protocol for Storing and Disposing of Confidential Information, But Small Businesses Lagging Substantially (47%)
Majority (65%) of Large Businesses in Canada Have a Known and Understood Protocol for Storing and Disposing of Confidential Information, But Small Businesses Lagging Substantially (47%)
However, small business owners are much less likely to say they have a protocol and it is followed (47%), and they…
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Ipsos poll conducted between April 20th and May 3rd, 2015
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small businesses in Canada: 28% information security audit frequency. Source: Ipsos (2015). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/small_business_audit_frequency
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