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SEAMLESS APPLICATION SECURITY:
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The current application security problem
In recent years, software went from being a support
function of business to an innovation centre,
becoming the essential competitive differentiator
for most businesses in every vertical and size.
With this shift in the role of software, businesses
today are dramatically increasing the number of
applications and the frequency of releases, with
little thought given to non-functional requirements.
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In addition, modern applications are increasing
in complexity due to the need for speed and as a
result, developers’ reliance on code re-use as well as
open source and commercial (COTS) components
has increased dramatically. This has huge
implications on security teams to find and manage
vulnerabilities. As a consequence, some of the
notable security breaches in recent years were due
to vulnerabilities in third-party code components.
With business needs in the driver’s seat,
applications are proliferating via websites, social
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media platforms like Facebook, mobile and cloud
applications. Furthermore, some applications
are driven by marketing teams and created with
third-party software. These applications are often
outside the normal business processes with little or
no governance.
On top of all the challenges created by increased
number of applications, increasing complexity
and faster releases, regulations like GDPR and
capturing customer data for business purposes has
become the norm. Having multiple instances of
customer data increases the likelihood and impact
of a breach.
This is especially concerning because the majority
of security breaches today are due to application
vulnerabilities. According to Micro Focus Software
Security Research’s 2018 Application Security Risk
Report, 80% of applications contain at least one
critical or high vulnerability and 90% of security
incidents are from exploits against defects in the
design or code of software. n
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