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Open Source Components, Code Volume Drag Down Web App Security -- New Report from Imperva
By Matt Howard
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Jai Vijayan provides a nice summary of the Imperva report, The State of Web Application Vulnerabilities in 2017 . Among the findings...
- 212% = increase in number of new Web application vulnerabilities disclosed in 2017 compared to 2016
- 14,082 = number of new vulnerabilities discovered in web applications in 2017 vs. 6,615 in 2016.
- Security experts point to a handful of causes for the prevailing state of Web application security including:
- increasing use by developers of open source components to build applications.
- sheer volume of Web applications being developed and put into production
- growing adoption of DevOps, agile development, and CI/CD practices
You can read the full report on Imperva site.
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Matt is a proven executive and entrepreneur with over 20 years experience developing high-growth software companies, at Sonatype, he leads corporate marketing, strategic partnering, and demand generation initiatives.
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