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New Delhi, February 15:: India Inc may soon have to check internet usage during working hours, with an average five hours a week spent on personal web surfing, causing companies an annual loss of about Rs 1.6 lakh per employee.
These are the findings of a survey of IT managers in 450 organisations across five cities of the country - Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. The national capital came tops with employees in New Delhi spending a maximum 12.35 hours every week on non-work related internet surfing.
The survey, conducted by internet security firm Websense and research firm Nielsen Company, further found that enterprises are incurring a yearly productivity loss of about Rs 1,60,000 per employee due to personal surfing.
The IT managers said that banking and finance websites were the most accessed websites (74 per cent) by the employees, followed by personal e-mail or web chat (62 per cent) and news media (53 per cent).
Close to 32 per cent of the IT managers also said in the survey that they felt their employees were accessing free software download sites.
The Nasdaq-listed Websense said the survey assesses the impact of the internet at work and gauges awareness of Internet security risks among IT managers. The respondents included IT managers from large, small and medium enterprises providing Internet access to employees at work.
“The survey findings are an eye-opener and highlight how essential it is for Indian IT managers to prioritise their IT security spend into technologies that protect organisations from emerging Web-based security threats and confidential data loss,” Websense’s Regional Director (SAARC and India) Surendra Singh said.
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