Flash Eurobarometer 547 (Cyberskills)

Cyber security in companies.<br>Topics: importance of cyber security in the company; aspects of cyber security handled outside the company; number of employees dedicated to cyber security; number of female employees dedicated to cyber security; career to enter role in cyber security in the company: recruited from a non-cyber security related previous role, recruited from a previous role in cyber security, absorbed this role into an existing non-cyber security related role, career starter, other; difficulty to find and hire staff with the right skills in cyber security in the last twelve months; main challenges for the company with regard to recruiting staff with the right skills in cyber security; impact of the difficulty to find appropriate staff on the risk of a cyber security attack; number of positions in cyber security (full-time equivalents) currently needed to be filled; most important cyber security roles in the company; most important cyber security skills in the company; training or awareness raising measures with regard to cyber security provided to the employees in the last twelve months; reasons for not offering training or awareness raising measures; areas covered in the cyber security training in the last twelve months: crisis management, incidents response and reporting, security threats, security policy, cloud management, awareness, other; percentage of employees that participated in training measures; existence of employees with formal qualifications or certified training with regard to cyber security; awareness of the European Cyber Security Skills Framework (ECSF); attitude towards the following statements: diversity and inclusion in cyber security are important in the company, women in the company are encouraged to take up roles and tasks in cyber security.

Demography: information about the company: number of employees, percentage of employees that are women; development of the number of employees over the last two years; years of company activity; development of turnover in the last two years; total turnover in 2023; direct selling to final consumers; IT tools currently used: online bank account, online ordering or payment systems, reservations software with client database, website for company’s business, web-based applications for payroll processing, cloud computing or storage, internet-connected ‘smart’ devices, company intranet, internet-based video or voice calling service, other, none.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; NACE-Code; region; language of the interview; nation group; weighting factor.