Report by Fastly
Balancing Application Protection Requirements
Key Findings
The percentage of cybersecurity and IT professionals anticipating that more than half of their applications will use APIs is expected to increase from 32% to 80% in the next two years.
92% of organisations implement at least one web application firewall (WAF), while 67% rely on multiple WAFs from different vendors.
Experts project a 39% increase in the number of web applications and websites within the next two years, rising from an average of 145 to 201 per organisation.
59% of IT professionals believe that cyber adversaries have the upper hand in leveraging AI for attacks.
57% of midmarket and enterprise organisations have experienced web application and/or API attacks exploiting lesser-known vulnerabilities in the last 24 months.