If the past four decades have taught us anything, it’s that predicting the future of computing, software, and networking technologies is something of a fool’s errand. That’s undoubtedly the case when it comes to crystal balling how application security will evolve in the coming five to ten years.
For evidence of the hazards involved, consider the decade-long findings of Veracode’s annual State of Software Security (SoSS) report. The initial report, published in 2010, found that 72 percent of tested applications had at least one security flaw.