Date:    28 May 91  12:19:12 bst
From:    P.A.Taylor <[email protected]>
Subject: Research Analysis

Here is a selective and very rough analysis of the questionnaire you  \
answered.
It is from the first 50 responses out of a total of just under 200.
A full analysis will be distributed when the target of 3-400 responses is
achieved.

Q1. Gender: 1 female respondent out of 50 (2 out of 200).

Q7. Security of respondent's computer environment:
    Too strict - 0%
    Adequate   -62%
    Lax        -26%

Q9. Length of professional experience: 38% - over 10 years.

Q11. Serious interest in computing: 68% - over 10 years.

Q12. Nature of interest: mainly professional 28%
                         Professional and Recreational 72%

Q13. Experience of: Malicious hack/harmless browse/viral incident.
                    All of these 26%
                    None         16%

Q14. Number of times: 0-5 - 60%
                      6-10- 6%
                      10 -> 20%

Q15. What was it? : virus - 38%
                    worm  - 16%
                    Trojan- 18%

Q16. How serious? : very -  6%
                    not very - 42%
                    not at all serious - 38%
                    combination of these -14%

Q18. Non-destructive access to data - crime?
                     yes - 42%
                     no  - 20%
                     don't know 38%

Q19. Happy with current legislation?
                     yes, about right - 12%
                     no, it's too draconian - 38%
                     Not strong enough - 18%
                     Don't know - 32%

Q20. More professional structure to computing industry needed?
                     yes  -30%
                     no   -40%
                     don't know -30%

Q21. Greatest threat to security?
                     insiders  -70%
                     outsiders -8%
                     about the same - 18%
                     don't know  -4%

Q22. Viruses - potentially useful?
                     yes  -40%
                     no   -42%
                     don't know 18%

Q23. Benefits to System Breaking?
                     yes  -60%
                     no   -28%
                     don't know -12%

Q24. Knowledge of Cyberpunk?
                     yes  -64%
                     no   -36%

Q25. Future trends of viruses?
                     increase  -64%
                     decrease  -10%
                     stay the same -26%

A complete analysis will be coming soon.

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