Intelligent CIO North America Issue 16 | Page 28

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Innovation is a strategic imperative for every business , government and non-profit

A survey from Invicti uncovers what is working well in efforts to protect organizations from cybercriminals .

It ’ s the path to competitive advantage , improved customer experience , and delivery on even the loftiest of missions . Never has the pace of innovation been as rapid as it is at this moment , and this pace will only increase .

Complicating the situation is the massive shift to workforce virtualization , the breakneck migration to cloud and ransomware payouts that fund continued research and advancements for cybercriminal organizations .
Software , and web applications specifically , are central to innovation .
Organizations build them to improve service delivery , operational efficiency and create entirely new categories of products that solve what ’ s next .
As innovations in web applications drive the world forward , new risks with serious consequences have emerged .
Billions of web applications today represent a significant attack vector for malicious actors , who now use them nearly 40 % of the time to gain access .
Complicating the situation is the massive shift to workforce virtualization , the breakneck migration to cloud and ransomware payouts that fund continued research and advancements for cybercriminal organizations .
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