Experts: 4.5 million applications are representing a threat to security

In 2015, 70% of applications , developed for usage within the company, will be vulnerable to common types of attacks, as an SQL-injections.

According to a study conducted by experts from IDG by order of Veracode, businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom use about 4.5 million applications, which are providing a security risk.

Recent large-scale data breaches of customers of large retail chains, such as Home Depot, suggests that to penetrate corporate networks cybercriminals use many different techniques. As companies effectively closing their internal networks, hackers use to attack vulnerable applications.

To promote your business companies are creating more and more applications , because of the inability to scale existing security programs are validated only business-critical applications. This implies that a large number of programs are used by businesses and  remain vulnerable and pose a security risk.

Source: securitylab.ru