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Most AppSec pros see a growing divide between them and developers
2020-09-23 03:30

75% of AppSec practitioners and 49% of developers believe there is a cultural divide between their respective teams, according to ZeroNorth.

Understanding the cultural divide and its implications Developer and AppSec practitioners don't agree on which function is responsible for the security of applications.

AppSec and developer respondents admit working together is challenging, with AppSec respondents saying it is because the developers publish code with known vulnerabilities.

71% of AppSec respondents say the state of security is undermined by developers who don't care about the need to secure applications early in the SDLC and 69% say developers do not have visibility into the overall state of application security.

The impact of COVID-19 and teleworking on the cultural divide 66% of developers and 72% of AppSec respondents say teleworking is stressful.


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