BENGALURU: As many as 97 per cent Indian businessmen and IT professionals find it difficult to live without apps, a recent survey reveals. India ranks at No 2, behind China, in this category, says Application Intelligence Report, by US-based application delivery controller manufacturer A10 Networks.
The research involved about 2,000 business and IT professionals at companies from various industries around the world. The research was conducted in 10 countries with fastest growing populations of technology adopters —Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the UK and the US.
Nearly 50 per cent of the respondents considered apps to be as important as breathing, eating and drinking. About 13 per cent of the respondents said they had been a victim of identity theft, with the younger generation being more vulnerable to it. One in three felt cyber-attacks were a fact of life and one in five tried not to think about it.
“Understanding the dependency on apps in our lives raises questions about the diligence we apply to protecting our personal information. AIR’s insight into behavioral tendencies with apps and the impact on personal and business risk is a topic that is not addressed enough,” said Neil Wu Becker, vice-president (marketing), A10 Networks.