When 12,000 security professionals were asked to name what the number one security threat was for their organization, 69% said application-layer vulnerabilities (Source: Booz Allen Hamilton) — yet less than 10% ensure that all their business-critical applications are reviewed for security before and during production (Source: SANS).

Global and large enteprises tend to have many internet-facing servers and applications, thus a huge attack surface. There are so many entry points that attackers can try to exploit that it's hard for security professionals to keep up. Clearly, it's necessary to scale security efforts in a cost-effective manner while raising the bar on cyber defense, mainly when it comes to web applications.

The Leading Vector for Cyber-Attacks

According to Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, web applications are the #1 cause of data breaches. However this is no surprise, given the following reasons:

• Freely available tools can be used to exploit impactful vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection (that could lead to access unauthorized data in a database);
• Defenders have to protect web applications 24/7, while attackers can launch attacks at will;
• It's hard to attribute attacks in the cyber space, thus the strategy to legally accuse attackers don't work;
• The increased attack surface is a problem because web applications are a mix of open source components and a customization on top of it. Either a vulnerability in a component or in the customized code can lead to a serious business impact;
• The pressure to release the application to market tend to overlook security considerations and ship flawed software.

How Gauntlet Can Help

Combining our cloud-based application security platform with our security services, we can:

• Identify security vulnerabilities in your applications and servers: using the same methods of hackers, we can spot security vulnerabilities in applications and servers and provide step-by-step recommendations;
• Create / Improve your application security program: we will make sure that no unnecessary risks will be introduced during your applications software development life cycle;
• Manage your vulnerabilities and risks: in our single unified platform. This way you'll get security visibility and more information to take business decisions;
• Train developers for secure development: better prepared developers can develop high quality code, develop secure architectures and multiply the security knowledge throughout the company.