BY:
Phil Muncaster UK / EMEA News Reporter , Infosecurity Magazine
Software developers are beginning to understand the importance of bringing security testing in at an early stage in the development process, but many are frustrated by current testing methods, according to Veracode.
The application security vendor polled 351 developers from the US, UK and Germany to better understand security in the age of DevOps.
On the plus side it found organizations paying more attention to the issue of application security.
Some 40% of developers now incorporate some form of security testing into the programming stage, with 21% doing so at the design stage. When it comes to app security, the earlier on such testing is done the easier and cheaper problems are to fix.
Tied to those findings is the fact that 39% of respondents claimed they now rate protecting software from breaches and cyber-attacks as their number one priority – a significant improvement.
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