Security News > 2021 > January > Report: 5 ways web apps suffered in 2020 and will continue to suffer in 2021
The 2020-2021 State of Web Application Security Report is out from cybersecurity vendor Radware, and it paints a grim picture of security over the past 12 months and a similarly bleak view for the rest of 2021.
Among the findings Radware uncovered in its survey of 205 IT security decision-makers are such startling statistics as 98% of respondents saying their apps were subject to an attack in 2020, 92% of organizations are excluding security teams from CI/CD workflows, only 36% of mobile applications have integrated security into their development, and only 27% completely trust the security of their public cloud platforms despite 70% of apps being hosted in the cloud.
In short, there's a lot going wrong in the world of web apps, with Radware describing apps as being "Needlessly at risk" thanks to the rapidly accelerating pace of digital transformation without the necessary security planning that goes with it.
As a result, the report said, "The increased use of mobile apps for private and business matters created even more exposure points for bad actors to target." With little to no time to plan properly for pandemic-related increases in web app attack surfaces, 2021 will be a year in which companies need to quickly correct course to avoid costly and unnecessary security breaches.
"Until mobile apps security is treated seriously, we expect to see more-and more serious-incidents that use the mobile channel for attacks. That in turn will likely put more pressure on enterprises to secure mobile apps and not leave consumer data exposed to hackers," Radware said.
With 43% of companies saying that security shouldn't interrupt the release cycle, "The very people responsible for security have little control over how apps are developed," the report concludes.