Report: User Trust in Digital Security Is Declining

Loss of trust could lead to users withdrawing and withholding their information -- and starving the data hungry engine that is the Internet.

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, but data security is one of the most discussed topics on the internet. And with each high profile breach the discussion about robust systems and user trust comes up again. New data from Intercede indicates that trust in security systems is on the decline, especially among millennials.

As with a previous report by Intercede, the data from more than 2,000 millennials aged 16 to 25 was collected by Atomik Research. And overall the study finds that trust is going down, and various institutions are receiving worse scores than ever before.

Overall, less than five percent of survey respondents believe that their digital identity and data is “completely protected by effective safeguards.”

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