Security News > 2020 > April > As companies rely on digital revenue, the need for web and mobile app security skyrockets
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Although the use of applications has steadily increased, the difference in the ways that web and mobile applications are protected is not widely understood.
Many companies that have been using security tools for their web application may feel that moving these security tools to mobile may be difficult, but it isn't.
Unlike mobile applications, web applications don't have long-term memory.
Mobile application security testing and web application security testing tools are easily accessible nowadays.
There are two types of tools that can achieve this: dynamic application security testing and static application security testing.
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