Businesses not prepared for the risk from mobile and IoT apps

Despite widespread concern about the security of mobile and IoT applications, organizations are ill-prepared for the risks they pose, according to new research. The study from threat prevention company Arxan Technologies, IBM Security  and the Ponemon Institute reveals that 60 percent of respondents believe it’s either certain or likely their organization has experienced a material data breach or cyber attack over the past 12 months that was caused by an insecure mobile app. In addition 46 percent believe the same is true as the result of an insecure IoT app. Despite this though only 32 percent say their organization urgently… [Continue Reading]