Many organizations are allowing employees to use their personally-owned devices for work purposes. The “bring your own device” trend is a catalyst behind the personal preferences of employees for devices other than those provided by companies. Many organizations now need more application security specialists to help ensure that every type of employee-owned device, and the applications running on them, is up to par in terms of performance and security standards. As more companies build custom applications, “there will be greater collaboration and overlap of app professionals into areas like IT security””]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/byod-fuels-app-security-job-growth-a-4718