Researchers from Google have posted results that surveyed security experts and non-experts to determine how each group prioritizes online safety measures and explore why any differences between the two exist. Password management was a key priority for both groups, but their approach differed. Security experts said they rely on password managers, while non-experts relied on strong passwords and frequent password changes. “Our findings suggested this was due to lack of education about the benefits of password managers and/or a perceived lack of trust in these programs,” the researchers wrote in a Google blog post. Another key difference involved non-experts’ reliance on antivirus software. Security experts rely instead on software updates and noted that antivirus software “might give users a false sense of security since it’s not a bulletproof solution.”
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