Survey: 75% of Developers Admit Knowingly Deploying Vulnerable Code as Security Crisis Deepens
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A survey of 2,350 developers, CISOs, and application security managers reveals a deepening DevSecOps crisis in the age of AI. Key findings include: 70% report discovering more vulnerabilities (31% call it significant), developers spend 49% of their weekly time on security issues, only 18% continuously scan code as written, 93% report at least one breach from a vulnerable application, and 75% admit knowingly deploying vulnerable code often or sometimes. The top reasons for shipping vulnerable code are reliance on existing controls, hoping issues aren't found (30%), and meeting deadlines (27%).
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· 5 pulled70% report discovering more vulnerabilities, with 31% calling the increase significant.
Developers spend 49% of weekly time on security-related issues.
93% report at least one breach caused by a vulnerable application.
75% admit knowingly deploying vulnerable code often or sometimes.
Shipping vulnerable code is attributed to reliance on existing controls, hoping issues aren't found (30%), and meeting deadlines (27%).
The survey of 2,350 developers, CISOs, and application security managers found 70% report discovering more vulnerabilities, with 31% calling the increase significant. Developers spend 49% of weekly time on security-related issues, and 18% continuously sca
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