Developers skeptical of app security, survey

It is good to know that it is not just the people who buy the apps who are sceptical.
 
November 2, 2017  By Teri Robinson
 

Developers are worried about security but it's don't seen to prioritize it, a recent survey found.Not sure about the security of your apps? Neither are 60 percent of developers, according to a survey from NodeSource and Sqreen set to be released next week.
 
Just under a third, 31 percent, in fact, are confident that their code is free of vulnerabilities. Despite worries of 40 percent of those surveyed that third-party modules are the biggest risk to app security, just 30 percent employ automated tools to ferret out vulnerable modules.
 
The survey results, based on responses of about 300 CTOs, CIOs and developers, “clearly demonstrate that security is a concern for developers—but not a priority,” NodeSource CEO Joe McCann said in a release.
 
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