Synopsys says IT professionals in Asia Pacific think customer-facing web and mobile applications present the highest security risk to their businesses.
The survey* of 244 IT professionals revealed that 48% of those surveyed highlighted the lack of skilled security personnel or training as one of the biggest challenges to implementing an application security programme.
Geok Cheng Tan, MD, Asia Pacific at the Synopsys Software Integrity Group commented, “It is not surprising that web and mobile applications represent such a high risk to businesses in Asia, as they often process highly sensitive information and cyberattacks targeting them are increasing in sophistication in the region.
"To effectively address cyber threats, software companies need to move beyond reactive measures by implementing software security initiatives that embrace the fundamentals of software integrity and proactively build security and quality into their software development lifecycle (SDLC).”
Other key findings of the survey include:
- A total of 54% of the respondents viewed customer-facing web and mobile applications as the areas presenting the highest security risk to businesses, followed closely by embedded and IoT systems at 20%. Desktop applications and internal-facing web applications were represented at 16% and 10% respectively.
- Aside from the technical challenges in securing customer-facing web applications, 38% of professionals identified protection of customer data and intellectual property (IP) as paramount, while 12% suggested regulatory compliance.
- Sixty-six percent of the respondents have a strategy in place in the event of a security incident. Of the remainder, 16% said they did not, while 18% suggested that they are unsure. This suggests that nearly one-fourth of the respondents (24%) remain unprepared in the face of a cyberattack.
- Eight in 10 (82%) of those surveyed have received some form of cybersecurity training.
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*The survey was conducted at GovernmentWare (GovWare) 2017 from September 19 to 21, 2017, in Singapore, the anchor conference at the Singapore International Cyber Week 2017 – the region's most established cybersecurity convention. The in-person survey is based on responses from attendees including C-level IT professionals as well as managers and other executives.
The survey* of 244 IT professionals revealed that 48% of those surveyed highlighted the lack of skilled security personnel or training as one of the biggest challenges to implementing an application security programme.
Geok Cheng Tan, MD, Asia Pacific at the Synopsys Software Integrity Group commented, “It is not surprising that web and mobile applications represent such a high risk to businesses in Asia, as they often process highly sensitive information and cyberattacks targeting them are increasing in sophistication in the region.
"To effectively address cyber threats, software companies need to move beyond reactive measures by implementing software security initiatives that embrace the fundamentals of software integrity and proactively build security and quality into their software development lifecycle (SDLC).”
Other key findings of the survey include:
- A total of 54% of the respondents viewed customer-facing web and mobile applications as the areas presenting the highest security risk to businesses, followed closely by embedded and IoT systems at 20%. Desktop applications and internal-facing web applications were represented at 16% and 10% respectively.
- Aside from the technical challenges in securing customer-facing web applications, 38% of professionals identified protection of customer data and intellectual property (IP) as paramount, while 12% suggested regulatory compliance.
- Sixty-six percent of the respondents have a strategy in place in the event of a security incident. Of the remainder, 16% said they did not, while 18% suggested that they are unsure. This suggests that nearly one-fourth of the respondents (24%) remain unprepared in the face of a cyberattack.
- Eight in 10 (82%) of those surveyed have received some form of cybersecurity training.
Details:
Get the full survey results
*The survey was conducted at GovernmentWare (GovWare) 2017 from September 19 to 21, 2017, in Singapore, the anchor conference at the Singapore International Cyber Week 2017 – the region's most established cybersecurity convention. The in-person survey is based on responses from attendees including C-level IT professionals as well as managers and other executives.
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