Data Overview Report

The State Of Application Security, 2021

Applications Remain A Key Attack Vector, But Signs Of Hope Emerge

March 23rd, 2021
Sandy Carielli, Principal Analyst
Sandy Carielli Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Amy DeMartine , Melissa Bongarzone , Diane Lynch

Applications remain a top cause of external breaches, and the prevalence of open source, API, and containers only adds complexity to the security team. Happily, organizations have started to recognize the importance of application security and are embedding security more tightly into the development phase as application development continues to evolve. Security pros should use this report to benchmark their application security and stay on top of emerging security tools to ensure that they don’t get caught unaware in 2021 and beyond.

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