## 4 Results
### Remote Work (Study) Security and Wi-Fi Settings
We could not identify a research paper specifically measuring Wi-Fi password updates, but one recent general password usage survey of 2500 consumers [57] reported that 35% never updated their passwords. Our results are in line with those survey findings and further highlight to any corporate IT security manager that a perhaps surprisingly weak link is present in many remote work environments. Another actual practice that increases risks is the presence of devices with operating systems (Windows 7 or Windows XP) that are no longer supported by the manufacturers. Both student groups confirmed the presence of these devices (W: 11% and NW: 15%). These figures are also confirmed by recent research papers, including [58], citing statistics that 20% of all computers with a Windows operating system are still using Windows 7. However, the number of computers with Windows XP is much smaller, only in the single digit percent range and in continuous decline [59]. As one additional technology solution, a VPN connection is considered to be standard for many companies and also becoming a useful tool in many university environments. While VPN usage in company environments is required for remote access in general, in our surveyed university environment, it is only necessary to connect to specific services (e.g., to access library resources). Only 30% of non-working students stated that they were unable to connect to (a part of) the university network without VPN. In contrast, the same figure was 60% for work experience students when referring to their organization's network (\(p\) < 0.001). A 2 FA (two-factor authentication) can further strengthen the access security of the VPN connection. In total, 25% of students with work experience confirmed that this is already mandatory, while only 1% of the non-working students faced such a mandatory requirement (\(p\) < 0.001). We attempted to identify an additional layer of factors within the work experience student population that could have an increased positive effect on cyber-security awareness. We did not include the study-only students in this additional analysis because they had not received formal training from the university in most cases. We analyzed the potential correlation between work-provided security training and general remote work behavior. We used ordered logistic regression to identify a relationship between formal remote work training (independent variable) and key areas such as \"email forwarding to private email accounts\" and \"family members sharing work devices\" as dependent variables. Our results show that work experience students who received formal remote work training are less likely to share their work devices with family members (\(p<0.05\)), but such training did not result in less forwarding of work emails to private accounts (\(p=0.31\)). As a first takeaway, we argue that the survey results in the topic block of remote work and Wi-Fi security support the view that there is a relationship between work experience and increased security awareness. However, this does not apply to all technologies and security practices, such as password security.