Every business is under the threat of a data breach. Identity Theft Resource Centre (ITRC) has published a report which shows 17% increase in data breaches as of September 2021. Every sector has its own set of threats. As per records, the manufacturing & utility sector had 48 million victims in 2021, which was the highest. Another study showed that nearly 100 million Android users’ data were leaked due to several misconfigurations.
This shows that application security has become a significant problem for businesses. This article provides you with the Top 10 most critical application security risks you need to concentrate on to avoid data breaches.
1. Broken Access Control
Recent research revealed that, in 2021, nearly 94% of the applications were vulnerable to Broken Access Control. Access Control is enforced in every organization to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information. However, when the policies are misconfigured, it might lead to many security issues….