One in two workers debunk company productivity apps as ‘nonsense’: Survey

BENGALURU: Nearly one in two workers globally think they can get away with using a non-work app to get the job done as the solutions provided by their company are just nonsense, a new survey revealed on Thursday.

Productivity still wins out over protection for many users worldwide. While 52 per cent respondents agreed that they do not give much thought to whether the apps they use are sanctioned by IT or not as they just want the job done, 44 per cent think they can get away with using a non-work application, as the solutions provided by their company are “nonsense”, said the survey by global cybersecurity firm Trend Micro. About 44 per cent of employees admit to using a nonwork application on a corporate device, and 46 pc of them have actually uploaded corporate data to that application. Nearly 83 pc of respondents confess to using their work laptop for personal browsing, and only 45 per cent of them fully restrict the sites they visit,” the findings showed. “About 42 pc of respondents said they often or always access corporate data from a personal device – almost certainly breaking corporate security policy. While 14 pc of respondents admit to watching or accessing porn on their work laptop, and 14 pc access the dark web. “There are a great number of individual differences across the workforce. This can include individual employee’s values, accountability within their firm, as well as aspects of their personality, all of which are important factors which drive people’s behaviours,” said Dr Linda K Kaye, Cyberpsychology Academic at Edge Hill University.