In 2023, data breaches come with an average price tag of $4.45 million, emphasizing the inadequacy of relying solely on periodic scans for web applications and application programming interfaces.

As agencies modernize UX and services with web applications to engage their constituents better—security needs to be at the forefront.

Is security the price of innovation? The IT industry produces Web applications with far more vulnerabilities, and patches them far slower, than other companies.

Today's Web-connected applications need more than just firewalls. Application-security gateways can't grow up fast enough.

Many companies support more Web applications than they realize, leading to significant security issues, the company claims.

Audit trails can also assist with and provide documented proof that ongoing Web application security assessments and audits required to achieve Sarbanes-Oxley compliance are taking place.

Today, Web penetration testing is considered a key component in ensuring application security, which has become an essential part of enterprise risk management, Kelley says.