Report:
Mobile Application Security Can’t Be an Afterthought

The average mobile application developer releases 13 unique apps per year. Along with more releases and increasing time-to-market pressure, a typical organization also experiences an average of 9 mobile app security incidents throughout the year. To make matters worse, each incident carries an average cost of just under $7 million.

Enterprise Strategy Group’s latest research exposes a growing divide between development and security teams on mobile app risk — and what to do about it.  Based on responses from global decision makers, the report helps organizations understand what’s working, what’s not, and how to align around real-world mobile threats.  

Some key findings include:

• Current mobile application defenses are insufficient in isolation
• Organizations struggle to embrace mobile app security without sacrificing development speed
• Multilayered mobile app security provides a preventative defense in depth