You likely use apps every day, from trivial games to important transactions like your banking. It can be easy to forget to update them. But all of the data flowing through those apps has an impact on security. It’s important to apply software updates and patch management best practices to them.
At the beginning of 2021, Simform reported that the average person had 40 apps installed on their phones and split 89% of their time between 18 of them. Millennials had even more apps installed on their devices at an average of 67. Those respondents spent most of their time on just 25 of them. More than half (58%) of those ‘popular’ apps included social media, gaming and communication, with users turning to maps, finance and other apps on an as-needed basis.
It’s not just the fact that mobile apps are more prevalent on users’ devices. They’re more prolific in general. For instance, Statista found that the total volume of apps on Apple’s App Store reached 2.22 million in the first quarter of 2021 — 6.10% higher than it was the previous quarter. Google’s app marketplace witnessed a 10.60% increase in the volume of apps during the same period, as reported by the market and consumer data company in September. You don’t have to do manual patch management on all ..
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