Security News > 2020 > September > 75% of AppSec practitioners see a growing cultural divide between AppSec and developers
Thirty-nine percent of developers said the security team is responsible for securing apps, while 67% of AppSec practitioners said their teams are responsible, according to a new study.
Seventy-five percent of application security practitioners and 49% of developers believe there is a cultural divide between their respective teams that could increase organizational risk, according to a new study by the Ponemon Institute and ZeroNorth, a provider of risk-based vulnerability orchestration across applications and infrastructure.
The Ponemon Institute surveyed 581 security practitioners and 549 developers on the cultural divide, its implications, the impact of COVID-19 and teleworking on the divide, and how to bridge the divide.
Thirty-nine percent of developers said the security team is responsible, while 67% of AppSec practitioners said their teams are responsible, the report said.
Another finding is that AppSec and developer respondents admit working together is challenging, with AppSec respondents saying it is because the developers publish code with known vulnerabilities, the report said.