TechRadar™: Application Security, Q2 2015

Application security is an important part of the overall IT security budget. Odds are, at this very moment, your firm has several application layer vulnerabilities. Reactively securing applications is no longer enough to deal with the ever-growing number of applications. Security and risk (S&R) professionals need to shift gears and concentrate on securing the applications that they build and purchase at the source. S&R influencers and pros must thoroughly understand the technologies, their operational use cases, the required investment, and the potential for long-term market adoption in order to make an informed and educated purchase decision. This TechRadar report defines the use cases, business value, and outlook for the 10 most important technologies that affect the current state and future state of application security.