Software Development
We've curated 41 cybersecurity statistics about Software Development to help you understand how secure coding practices, vulnerability management, and integrated security measures are evolving in 2025.
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97% of security professionals state they are adding AI capabilities to their software and services.
86% of enterprises are using AI-generated code in production.
46% of enterprises use AI-generated code frequently or always.
On average, there are 4 business builders for every professional software developer in enterprises.
73% of enterprises report extensive AI usage in their development processes.
One in five developers grant AI agents permission for unrestricted file deletion, risking recursive wiping of a project or system.
One in five developers grant AI code agents unrestricted access to perform high-risk actions without human oversight.
Almost 20% of developers let AI automatically save changes to the project's main code repository without human review.
Code duplication increases from 10.5% to 13.5% when using AI coding assistants.
AI-assisted workflows achieve a 48–58% faster Time-to-Pull Request (PR) on average.
68% of organizations in North America and Europe at companies with at least 1,000 employees lack full visibility or governance over AI-generated code contributions (2026).
Only 24% of organizations have adopted comprehensive strategies to secure AI-generated code.
95% of surveyed organizations reported using AI tools in software development.
76% of organizations check AI code for security risks.
60% of organizations that perform automatic continuous monitoring report remediating critical software vulnerabilities within a day.
82% of the more than 10,000 Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers interact with sensitive APIs, creating additional vulnerabilities in 2025.
About 75% of the more than 10,000 Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers were built by individuals without enterprise-grade protections in 2025.
40% of the more than 10,000 Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers created in under a year had no license in 2025.
60% of organizations have experienced data breaches or theft in software development, AI, and analytics environments, an 11% increase from the previous year.
Only 36% of organizations involve security at the planning stage of software development.