Application Security a Growing Priority Among Security ProsApplication Security a Growing Priority Among Security Pros

A majority of IT and security managers think security is important enough to delay application deployment, as indicated by a Dark Reading survey that found 78% are willing to handle delays with the hope of creating more secure software. 

Dark Reading surveyed 173 IT and cybersecurity professionals on a variety of topics related to application security, software development practices, commercial software use, and the relationship between enterprise IT security groups and software development teams. Results reveal the massive attack on network monitoring software SolarWinds Orion at the end of 2020 sent a chill down the spine of many security managers and heightened enterprise concerns over cyber compromise. More than half (52%) say incidents like the SolarWinds breach have caused changes in their evaluation and vetting processes for third-party app providers; 53% describe such apps as putting them at greater risk of a data breach.

Among some of the other survey highlights: 

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