Application Security
We've curated 114 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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Log4Shell generated 35.6 million detection events in the first half of 2026 in the financial services industry, more than two years after disclosure.
96% of developers acknowledge having AI tooling integrated in their IDEs.
Within one year, the share of organizations knowingly shipping vulnerable code decreases from 81% to 75%.
More than 80% of developers do not apply application security continuously as code is written.
73% of organizations describe their security posture as 'advanced' or 'highly mature'.
93% of organizations acknowledge a recent breach tied to their own applications.
Within one year, the proportion of companies with formal AI governance policies increases from 18% to 22%.
75% of organizations knowingly deploy vulnerable code at some point.
95% of CISOs feel pressure to suppress or delay compliance-related security issues when business deadlines are at stake.
18% of developers apply security continuously as they write code.
Enterprise application exploitation surged 800% in 2025, making ERP, CRM, collaboration, and operational business platforms top targets.
Companies with 81–100% AI-generated production code ship software with known security vulnerabilities at a 47% rate compared with 14% for companies with 1–20% AI-generated production code, making them nearly three times more likely.
70% of organizations have AI-powered components in production.
Automotive applications faced a 91% attack rate in 2026.
Mobile application attack rates climbed 58% between 2022 and 2026, rising from 55% to 87%.
iOS applications faced an 86% attack rate in 2026, compared to an 89% attack rate for Android applications.
Mobile application attack rates progressed in a five-step trajectory of 55% → 57% → 65% → 82.7% → 87% over the five-year period from 2022 to 2026.
Financial services applications faced a 91% attack rate in 2026, the highest recorded for any vertical.
87% of monitored client-facing mobile applications faced attacks in 2026, up from 55% in 2022.
More than 50% of CISOs at enterprises agree that business users are building applications that support business-critical processes.