Cypress Data Defense

58% of security teams report frequent false positives from application security scanners.

11% of security teams say application security false positives happen constantly.

Only 36% of organizations involve security at the planning stage of software development.

36% of companies spend more on network security than AppSec.

Nearly 90% of organizations allocate just 11–20% of their security budgets to application security.

83% of organizations are considering outsourcing AppSec functions.

Just 1% of organizations invest more than 20% of their total security budget into AppSec.

62% of organizations knowingly release insecure code to meet delivery deadlines.

57% of organizations wait until just before deployment to involve security.

60% of organizations say security issues are more likely to delay product launches than feature bugs.

8 in 10 AppSec professionals are open to outside help.

62% of security professionals fear being fired following a breach.

17% of security professionals believe termination is likely after a breach.

51% of teams have fully addressed OWASP Top 10 threats, meaning nearly half remain exposed to foundational risks.

Application-layer attacks account for 43% of breaches.