Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) provider OPSWAT is teaming with F5, a multicloud application security and delivery company, to deliver a new survey. This document – Secure Your Applications: End-to-End Defense is Critical in Application Security – specifically highlights industry concerns among IT and corporate leadership regarding organizational preparedness for facing escalating cyber threats.
In particular, it noted that organizations frequently cite complexities regarding web application security, compliance and lack of support from leadership.
The survey included responses from IT and corporate leadership. Of note, 35 percent of respondents suffering a malware breach, while 28 percent experienced credential theft or unauthorized account access and 24 percent faced a security compromise involving a vendor, contractor or other third party, in the last year.
Key findings also included:
- Organizational struggle to maintain compliance with regulatory standards, with just 27 percent regularly referencing OWASP for web application security best practices. This contrasts with 53 percent referencing NIST and 37 percent referring to CISA guidelines.
- IT leadership feeling under-resourced in the face of budget shortages, staff training and technical partnership inadequacy, disparate security ecosystems / vendors and general lack of attention from management.
- Web app security complexity.
- Lack of preparedness for escalating attacks, with only 25 percent of respondents feeling prepared to handle DDoS, and lower statistics regarding fighting advanced persistent threats, botnets, API security issues and zero-day malware.
The report noted that – dehespite awareness of the necessary strategies – there were gaps in implementation, with just 17 percent of organizations having implemented a defense-in-depth approach that utilizes multiple, layered countermeasures.
“This report is a reminder that the industry is constantly engaged in a catch-up game with threat actors, with cycles of attacks and countermeasures,” said OPSWAT VP of products, George Prichici. “As cyber threats evolve in complexity and scale, organizations must prioritize a multi-layered security approach. OPSWAT urges organizations to invest in advanced, prevention-based security technologies and ensure their teams are well-trained. In today’s dynamic threat landscape, a comprehensive, layered approach to web application security is essential to protect critical infrastructure and safeguard sensitive data.”
For the full survey – and learn how OPSWAT and F5 can assist in enhancing application security – visit https://info.opswat.com/why-multi-layered-defense-is-critical-in-application-security.
