![]() ![]() Network engineers may not be deploying infrastructure. The explosion of applications and speed to market is also driving fundamental changes to risk management. ![]() While greenfield projects can capitalize on cloud efficiencies, most enterprise portfolios include both legacy and modern apps that span a variety of architectures in data centers, clouds, and within microservices. Today, more than three-quarters of organizations are modernizing their applications-with increasing emphasis on accelerating speed to market. The rapid evolution of technology is changing the way that organizations do business- and the steps they must take to keep their businesses safe and secure. Given that 57% of all reported financial losses for the largest incidents of the past 5 years are attributed to state-affiliated threat actors, organizations need a robust stop gap to shield their applications and mitigate potentially devastating vulnerabilities before bad actors weaponize exploits and compromise the business. Left unaddressed, this vulnerability can lead to remote code execution, allowing attackers to take over websites and online applications, steal money, breach data, and compromise customer accounts.į5 Labs details analysis of multiple sources to show that web app exploits are among the most common techniques observed in security incidents and have an average time-to-discovery of 254 days. In 2021, attackers started to exploit a critical vulnerability in a widely-deployed open source software library used by thousands of websites and applications almost immediately after details of the vulnerability were published. Although open-source software significantly speeds development, it also changes risk management because controls that are common in custom software developed in house, such as static code analysis (SCA), are not always possible or practical with third-party software. Software updates, critical data, and CI/CD pipeline integrity can all be compromised. XSS and Injection have been in every OWASP Top 10 list since its inception, but a new era of application security is marked by the growing threat to software supply chains, the pervasiveness of open source software, and the operational complexity of managing security and access for both legacy and modern apps. A disciplined approach, including security vendors and community feedback, has resulted in the OWASP Top 10-a list of the most prevalent and critical application vulnerabilities. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) was founded in 2001 to persuade business executives and corporate boards of the need for effective vulnerability management. ![]() To effectively manage the growing complexity of securing applications across architectures, clouds, and developer frameworks, organizations need to shift their strategy and shift their perspective. Open source software in particular is plagued with vulnerabilities-introducing unknown and significant risk.į5 Labs reports that a critical vulnerability with the potential for remote code execution, one of the most serious attacks possible, is released every 9 hours. Attackers quickly weaponize vulnerabilities using automation frameworks to scan the Internet, discovering and exploiting weaknesses for monetary gain. Application vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting (XSS) and injection have been prevalent since the dawn of application security more than 20 years ago, yet attackers continue to discover and exploit them at an alarming rate. This is a serious dilemma that often results in poor testing, process shortcuts, and ineffective oversight.Īt the same time, a proliferation of architectures, clouds, and third-party integrations has dramatically increased the threat surface for many organizations. Time-to-market pressure has caused friction between application and security teams, creating the perception that security is a bottleneck. Developers and DevOps practitioners outnumber security professionals by as much as 100 to 1. Application development has transformed and is largely automated, but security remains a highly manual effort. ![]()
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