Trends Report

Five Steps To Reinforce And Harden Application Security

I&O Teams Must Prevent And Remediate App Vulnerabilities

January 13th, 2017
Amy DeMartine, VP, Research Director
Amy DeMartine VP, Research Director
Milan Hanson, null
Milan Hanson
With contributors:
Eveline Oehrlich , Aaron Kinch , Diane Lynch

Summary

Today's cybercriminals are highly skilled, resourceful, and determined. Vulnerabilities such as web server misconfigurations or components that include known vulnerabilities give cybercriminals exploitation opportunities. Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders are uniquely positioned to help security and risk (S&R) teams assess, find, and remediate vulnerabilities. This report tells I&O pros how they can increase cybersecurity by taking five steps to create and sustain a responsive security environment for applications. This is an update of a previously published report; Forrester reviews and revises it periodically for continued relevance and accuracy.

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