Monday 24 April 2017

IOT security and Mobile application security trends

How about taking a look a look at the latest mobile application & IOT security trends. Here is a summary of the Mobile application and IOT application security study conducted. The CIO, CISO, CTO, CRO and the COOs were surveyed from organizations pertaining to Financial Services, Health & Pharmaceuticals, Public Sector, Retail, Technology and Services and several other industries.


58% - Organizations were concerned that they could get hacked through an IOT application.
53% - Organizations were concerned that they could get hacked through a mobile device.

84% - Organizations were concerned about the threat of malware to mobile apps
66% - Organizations were concerned about the threat of malware to IOT apps


79% - People believe that use of mobile apps increases risk
75% - People believe that use of IOT apps increases risk

15% - People say that CISOs are responsible for the security of the mobile application
31% - People say that Head - Applications are responsible for the security of the IOT apps

54% - People believe that only a serious hacking incident influences the organization to increase budget
46% - People believe that New regulations also influences the organization to increase budget

Application security assessment frequency

42% - Organizations care to secure their IOT apps urgently
32% - Organizations care to secure their mobile apps urgently

48% - Organizations do not test their IOT apps
18% - Organizations test the mobile apps when there is a code change

Difficulty levels in fixing OWASP vulnerabilities

57% - People believe that pentesting the primary means of securing mobile apps
30% - People believe that security testing through SDLC is the primary means of securing mobile apps

69% - People believe that the rush to release the mobile app on the development team leaves the code vulnerable
40% - People believe that the lack of testing procedures leaves the code vulnerable

32% - Mobile applications are tested in the development environment
26% - IOT apps are tested in the development environment

Credits: Ponemon Institute.

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