Application Security
We've curated 76 cybersecurity statistics about Application security to help you understand how safeguarding software from vulnerabilities and attacks is evolving in 2025. This includes best practices, emerging threats, and essential technologies to secure your applications effectively.
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84% said that supply chain vulnerabilities were the most significant threat to their enterprise applications.
Among those who have encountered issues with AI-generated code, 83% cited lack of transparency as major concerns.
86% of respondents are already using or exploring generative AI tools in their security programmes.
Open-source risks and cloud misconfigurations followed supply chain vulnerabilities closely at 73%.
64% of organizations are growing their AppSec teams.
84% recognise the role of the AppSec leader as more important now than ever. More than 84% believe their role is more important now than it was a few years ago. This increased importance is linked to factors such as growing challenges from AI-generated code and open source software.
Managing the sheer volume of vulnerabilities and false positives were the biggest challenges in securing code, cited by 78% of respondents.
Among those who have encountered issues with AI-generated code, 92% reported insecure code as a concern.
65% believe AI will significantly reshape the AppSec function within the next year.
80% of iOS apps were affected by environment attacks (where apps run in compromised conditions such as rooted or jailbroken devices).
The number of iOS attacks has risen to 88%.
86% of automotive apps are under attack
79% of healthcare-related applications are under attack
90% of Android apps were affected by attacks.
More than eight-in-ten applications are under constant attack, marking a near 20% increase compared to last year
84% of Android apps were affected by environment attacks (where apps run in compromised conditions such as rooted or jailbroken devices).