Security News > 2022 > March > The importance of building in security during software development

Checkmarx released the UK findings of its report which found that 45% of organizations have suffered at least two security breaches as a direct result of a vulnerable application.

Alongside this, the report discovered 34% of UK organizations who had experienced a security breach relating to an application in the year preceding the survey have laid off employees seen as bearing responsibility.

Respondents of the survey, which was commissioned to spotlight the biggest security challenges that application security managers and software developers are facing in today's threat landscape, also noted those who often bear the most responsibility for the security of applications as software developers, and application security managers.

With 22% having been breached three times, the survey has made it clear that security teams may be at risk, with organizations not adverse to penalising those deemed responsible for such security breaches.

There is much to be learned from the breaches that happened over the last year and respondents believe greater application security - and therefore, overall security - can be achieved in 2022.

The solutions to doing so, according to respondents, include having clear roles and responsibilities for AppSec managers and developers, having closer alignment between AppSec managers and developers, the better integration of application security testing solutions, and ensuing a commitment to improving the overall approach to 'building in' security during software development.

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