Most of Hongkongers -- at 81 percent -- will cease dealing with organizations they do business with if their personal information is compromised in a security breach, said Unisys Tuesday when releasing results of the latest study dubbed Unisys Security Index.

Listen to Radio RTHK's Morning Brew presenter, Phil Whelan, interview Unisys Asia Pacific Security Program Director, John Kendall, about Hong Kong customer reaction to data breaches, as found in the latest Unisys Security Index, as well as other security related matters that are topical in Hong Kong.

People worldwide have grown suddenly more anxious about almost every aspect of security, including physical and online threats, the latest biannual global Unisys Security Index has found. In the nearly five years since Unisys started conducting the survey, the index numbers for its four categories of threat -- personal, national, financial and Internet -- have remained relatively stable, but the six months since the last report have witnessed a sudden and unexpected spike in worry. In March 2011, financial (bank and credit card) security topped the concerns with an index score of 159 (143 six months ago), ahead of personal security at 151 (129), national security at 145 (123), and Internet security at 135 (112). What is striking, however, is not only the sudden rise but its uniformity across most of the 14 countries and 11,715 people surveyed, with the U.S. nearer the top of a field headed by the usual suspects, Colombia, Brazil and Mexico.