42 percent of applications suffer from 'security debt'
A new report from Veracode shows that software security debt -- flaws that have gone unfixed for over a year -- is found in 42 percent of applications.
Although the number of high-severity flaws has reduced 70.8 percent of organizations still suffer from security debt. 45.9 percent have critical security debt, that is high-severity flaws that have been unfixed for 12 months or more.
91 percent of organizations experience software supply chain incidents
The overwhelming majority of organizations (91 percent) have experienced a software supply chain incident in the past 12 months, according to a new report.
The study from Data Theorem and the Enterprise Strategy Group surveyed over 350 respondents from private- and public-sector organizations in the US and Canada across cybersecurity professionals, application developers and IT professionals.
Companies put convenience and speed above security in app deployments
A new report from cloud security company Sysdig reveals that many businesses are indulging in the dangerous practice of putting convenience before preventive security in pursuit of faster application development.
"Attackers are leveraging automation to exploit every point of weakness they can uncover," says Crystal Morin, cybersecurity strategist at Sysdig. "This year's report shows that many companies are chasing faster innovation at the cost of more comprehensive security -- a gamble that poses real business risks."
87 percent of organizations likely to invest in Gen AI coding tools
A new report from software engineering specialist LinearB looks at the effects of generative AI on code creation and delivery.
Gen AI is predicted to generate one in five lines of code by the end of this year and the study of over 150 tech leaders sets out to understand how organizations can measure the effects of Gen AI on their code.
Bugcrowd sees 30 percent increase in web vulnerability submissions
Crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd’s latest Vulnerability Trends Report finds that the hacker community recorded a 30 percent increase in web vulnerability submissions on the platform compared to 2022.
In addition it has recorded an 18 percent increase in API submissions, a 21 percent increase in Android submissions, and a 17 percent increase in iOS submissions.
Balancing risk and reward with low-code and no-code platforms [Q&A]
In recent years, enterprises have increasingly turned to low-code and no-code platforms in order to streamline their development processes.
With the introduction of AI, this sector is evolving even faster and Wing To, general manager of Intelligent DevOps at Digital.ai, believes this needs organizations to develop a cautious approach. We spoke to him to find out why.
Organizations don't know how to address software supply chain security
Organizations are struggling to keep up with vulnerabilities amid software supply chain complexity, with more than 40 percent still in reactive mode according to a new report from Slim.AI.
The 2023 Container Report, based on a survey conducted with Enterprise Strategy Group, shows few organizations know exactly how to address security in the upstream dependencies of the applications and the containers they run in production.
Why traditional CMS are an innovation bottleneck and federated content platforms are the future [Q&A]
Traditional content management systems (CMS) developed at a time when all that was needed was to post some text and a few images. But as consumer and business needs have evolved they can prove to be a bottleneck when it comes to innovating and improving a web presence.
Michael Lukaszczyk, the CEO and co-founder of content platform Hygraph, argues that enterprises need a future-proof solution. We talked to him to find out more.
AI, efficiency and a rise in citizen developers -- development predictions for 2024
As with many other areas this year, software development has been greatly influenced by the rise in AI. But that's not the only area where things are changing.
Here’s what some industry experts think the development sector has in store for 2024.
How AI can help app developers keep up with changing regulations [Q&A]
A changing regulatory landscape can prove difficult for app developers as they need to make sure they remain compliant and keep up with evolving rule sets.
We spoke to Pedro Rodriguez, head of engineering at AI-powered compliance intelligence platform Checks, to find out how AI can help mobile app developers to handle data responsibly and keep up with ever-changing global regulations,
2023 Call for Code winners announced
The sixth annual Call for Code Challenge launched back in February with a focus on developing AI-powered technology projects that address sustainability to help fight climate change.
Today sees IBM, United Nations Human Rights, and the Linux Foundation announce the winners in the challenge's three categories -- Developer, University, and Independent Software Vendor/Startup.
Automation of software security functions soars
The use of automated security technology is growing rapidly according to the latest edition of the annual Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM) report from Synopsys.
The research also shows that there's a move towards a 'shift everywhere' culture -- which means performing security tests throughout the entire software development life cycle -- across more organizations.
Demand for developers remains high
Despite difficult economic conditions, software development and quality assurance skills remain a priority for businesses, according to a new study.
Research from the Qt Group looks at the number of vacancies for 'software development', 'software testing', 'software engineering', and 'quality assurance' positions at 30 tech companies which have made the most redundancies this year.
Almost half of developers think ML projects take up too much time
Before developers can generate machine learning insights, they need to configure different aspects of complex infrastructure, such as machine resource management, monitoring, and feature extraction, but many think this is too time consuming.
New research from Civo finds that of over 500 developers surveyed, 48 percent believe that ML projects take up too much time.
Open source skills could help drive UK economic growth
Open Source contributed 27 percent of the UK tech sector's Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2022, according to a new report from OpenUK, the non-profit organization representing the UK’s open technology sector.
The report finds that there are 3.2 million GitHub accounts in the UK and 8,200 UK contributors to open source projects in the past year. There have also been1,700 new contributors to open source projects in the last 12 months, representing 20.7 percent growth.
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