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Vulnerable Web Apps Top Threat to Enterprises

73% of successful network perimeter breaches in 2017 were committed via web apps, a report by Kaspersky researchers found. The report was based on an analysis of penetration tests conducted on corporate networks. While companies seem to understand the need to protect their networks against external threats, they are more lax when the threat comes from within, the study’s authors said. Insider security threats continue to haunt corporations, according to the Ponemon Institute for startup ObserveIT. Some organizations spend an average of $8.76 million every 12 months to address the damage done from an inside threat.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/web-application-development/vulnerable-web-apps-top-threat-to-enterprises/a/d-id/745549

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