According to the survey carried out with 11,000 consumers across 11 countries by Unisys, 87% of the 1,000 Brazilians polled said they are comfortable with being monitored remotely by the companies they work for. More than half of the respondents (52%) are comfortable with their employers tracking their computer access time through login and logout events. This represents a 12 percentage points increase in relation to the global average of 40%. On the other hand, the study points to a lack of awareness about security issues, which could pose a risk to employers as organizations move towards hybrid working approaches, whereby employees can divide their time between the office and working from home. Only a third of those polled claim to be familiar with the threat of SIM jacking, a scam in which criminals transfer the victim’s phone number to a device they control. As for smishing, where scammers send SMS messages asking for personal or financial information, about six in 10 Brazilians (59%) say they are unaware of the threat. In addition, the study pointed out that 76%of those polled do not know which institutions to report scams in case cybercriminals target them. The findings emerge in a context of a growing preoccupation among Brazilians in relation to cybersecurity. According to the Unisys report, Brazil is the third country in a ranking of nations where concerns about online security are high, after Colombia and Mexico. About 75% of those polled said they are afraid of clicking on suspicious links. In September, the Brazilian banking sector and the Ministry of Justice started the discussions around the creation of a national strategy to tackle cybercrime. The vision outlined by the banks includes the development of public awareness campaigns on cyber risks and fraud.
