India's internet speed trails Nepal, Bangladesh

India recently surpassed internet speed barrier of average 4 Mbps however its ranking remains at 105 which is the lowest in Asia-Pacific region.

In terms of speed and availability of bandwidth, India is outranked by countries like Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea and even Sri Lanka.

India is slowly moving towards a digital economy, but slow internet and lack of security, are big hurdles.

According to latest reports, India ranks at 96 on a countrywide comparison with respect to download speeds and availability of bandwidth.

Cyber experts have raised concerns about the persisting low security with respect to online transactions in India.

Ransomware and cybercrime have seen a significant uptick in recent time and its target has been sensitive information stored with banks and other institutions.

According to a report by Kaspersky Lab, India ranks 6th in the world with respect of cybercrime.

The Indian public is particularly wary of cybercrime as hacking attacks to access personal data are often reported.

Banks as well as police are often helpless for lack of an established mechanism to deal with cybercrime; there is reportedly almost zero-conviction rate with respect to cybercrime.

In light of government's push towards digitization, although cyber experts have welcomed it but repeatedly cautioned that IT infrastructure and awareness regarding security is severely lacking.

People unaware of online/phone scams frequently fall prey to hackers and find themselves robbed of large sums of money.

Cybercrime has doubled in last one year; post-demonetization, increase in online payments has seen cyber frauds steadily increase too.