The state of application security in 2021

Project Information
Client name:
Barracuda
Published:
May 2021
Number of interviews:
750
Countries:
United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia
Organisation size:
500+ employees
Topic:
Cybersecurity
Download the report here based on respondents with decision making involvement for app development and security.
72%
of respondents say their organisation suffered at least one breach from an application vulnerability
44%
say bot attacks contributed to a successful security breach that exploited a vulnerability in the organization's applications in the last 12 months

Dave Gallichan
Research lead
Press attention:
- Enterprises pair cloud migration with cybersecurity upgrades - SC Media - 28 Sep 2021
- New report reveals opportunities to address weak security in APAC organisations - IT News - 13 Aug 2021
- Bad bots, broken APIs and supply chain attacks biggest challenge facing organisations - Security Brief - 03 Jun 2021
- Bad bots, broken APIs and supply chain attacks biggest challenge facing organisations - IT Brief Australia - 02 Jun 2021
- Bad bots, broken APIs and supply chain attacks biggest challenge facing organisations - Security Brief Australia - 02 Jun 2021
- Bad bots, broken APIs and supply chain attacks biggest challenge facing organisations - Security Brief Asia - 02 Jun 2021
- New research reveals companies in APAC struggle with bad bots, supply chain attacks - Back End News - 01 Jun 2021
- More protection needed against application security threats: alert - iTWire - 24 May 2021
- Most Indian firms witness data breach in past 1 year, says survey - Zee News - 22 May 2021
- Most Indian Firms Witness Data Breach In Past 1 Year: Survey - Business World - 22 May 2021
- Most Indian firms witness data breach in past 1 year: Survey - Daily Pioneer - 22 May 2021
- Most Indian firms witness data breach in past 1 year: Survey - Outlook India - 21 May 2021
- Top application security challenges: Bad bots, broken APIs, and supply chain attacks - Help Net Security - 21 May 2021
- New research reveals today's biggest application security challenges - PR Newswire - 18 May 2021
- New research reveals today's biggest application security challenges - WFMZ - 18 May 2021
