INTHEBLACK March 2025 - Magazine - Page 8
FAS T F O C U S
Number crunch
Words Susan Muldowney
36%
of the permanent disability insurance claims rate in Australia by
30–40 year olds is due to mental health conditions. This compares
to 10.1% in 2013.
Source: Australia’s Mental Health Check Up, KPMG
54%
of Australian Gen Z business owners nominate ‘growth’ as their key
focus for 2025. This compares to 34 per cent of Gen Y, 27 per cent
of Gen X and 10 per cent of baby boomer business owners.
Source: MYOB research provided to SmartCompany
8 INTHEBLACK March 2025
Workers a
weak link in
cyber security
Employee behaviour could be
putting companies at higher risk
of cybercrime. Research from
cyber-security company CyberArk
shows 65 per cent of workers
regularly bypass cyber-security
policies for productivity reasons.
Based on a survey of more than
14,000 employees across Australia,
Singapore, the US, UK, France
and Germany, almost half of workers
use the same login credentials for
multiple work-related applications,
and 36 per cent use the same
credentials for both personal
and work applications. The adoption
of artificial intelligence may also
create more security challenges,
with more than a third of employees
either ‘only sometimes’ or ‘never’
adhering to guidelines on handling
sensitive information in their use
of AI tools.
Read the report
