2025 Cyber Survey: Application Security at a Breaking Point

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2025 Cyber Survey: Application Security at a Breaking Point

  • AI Anxiety Gets Real – A scramble to catch up to AI. Hackers becoming pros. Organizations concerned about readiness gaps. Few currently use AI-based defenses (but plan to).
  • API Threat Surface Grows – API use continues to grow. Businesses remain ill-prepared. Third-party API use is widespread. Real-time business logic attack protection is rare.
  • Risks to Resilience Rise – Lack of confidence in threat defenses. Lack of protection against third-party services. DDoS downtime proving costly (see inside). Compliance with NIS2, HIPAA, SEC, PCI DSS 4, GDPR, DORA, and SOX a concern.