Study finds seven out of ten retail and finance applications vulnerable to Heartbleed-style attacks
CAST , @ OnQuality a leader in software analysis and measurement, today revealed new findings from its ongoing research on application software health that confirms the growing number of data breaches and security incidents can be directly linked to poor code quality . The data reveals finance and retail industry applications are the most vulnerable to data breaches, with 70 percent of retail and 69 percent of financial services applications shown to have data input validation violations. This is particularly concerning, considering the amount of personal and financial customer data often held in applications across these industries. Read ON For more information about CAST: Web: http://www.castsoftware.com Blog: http://blog.castsoftware.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/onquality