New Study Sponsored by Fastly Reveals Modern Application Security Programs Deliver 3x Better Business Outcomes
Fastly, Inc. , a leading global edge cloud platform, and IDC released a new study, “From Code to Production: How Modern AppSec Programs Yield 3x Better Business Outcomes,” commissioned by Fastly. The study reveals a strong correlation between modern Application Security (AppSec) programs and significantly improved business outcomes, with the most advanced programs delivering more than three times better results in developer productivity, user experience, and application availability.
The study, based on responses from nearly 1,000 global security and technology leaders across nine countries and 10 industries, categorizes organizations into four tiers of AppSec maturity: Emerging, Evolving, Established, and Exceptional. These categories were determined by IDC using a security index to enable a comparative assessment of AppSec program maturity. Modern AppSec programs are those that leverage automation, continuous delivery, and impact-based prioritization to keep pace with rapid release cycles without adding friction or slowing the business down. The result is better business metrics – faster time to market, stronger uptime, better user experience, all while reducing breaches and lowering remediation costs.
By evaluating key capabilities and practices across these tiers, the report provides a benchmark for security and business leaders to assess their own security programs and identify opportunities to advance toward an “Exceptional” AppSec posture and its associated business benefits.
Key findings
Organizations with modern AppSec practices demonstrate exceptional security and business outcomes, including:
- Improved Developer Productivity – Exceptional organizations are 3.6x more likely to achieve a 20% or greater improvement in developer productivity compared to those in the Evolving category
- Better User Experience – Exceptional programs are 3.7x more likely than Emerging programs to reduce negative user experiences by more than 20%
- Increased Application Availability – Exceptional organizations are 3.6x more likely to report a 20% or greater improvement in application availability compared to the average
- Fewer Data Breaches – Exceptional programs are 1.9x less likely to experience a data breach than Emerging programs
“IDC’s new study, sponsored by Fastly, underscores the critical role exceptional modern application security programs play in driving both security and business success,” said Marshall Erwin, CISO at Fastly. “Organizations with exceptional AppSec programs are far better equipped to mitigate catastrophic and costly incidents like data breaches, and security and business leaders now have a clear roadmap to follow to elevate their programs and achieve transformative outcomes.”
The study also highlights regional and sector-specific trends in AppSec maturity, with Japan (18%), the UK (16%) and the US (12%), as well as the High Technology (35.5%) and Travel and Hospitality (18.3%) industries all leading in the concentration of ‘Exceptional’ organizations.
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