Security concerns rise with the upsurge of automation and digitization

Mohan Veloo, CTO - F5 Networks

"Lack of proper password management and digital hygiene compound security issues for personally held devices such as mobiles that are connected to various interfaces and can call upon other apps to push, pull or process data. 

This lack of caution provides attackers with a larger surface area to strike and this is further aggravated by the fact that multiple devices are interconnected and have confidential information saved.  In fact, just last year, some 3.3 million malicious apps were detected in Asia Pacific the highest number globally. To reinforce this point, research from a threat intelligence lab revealed that in 86 percent of the 443 breaches detected over the last decade, attackers had targeted apps and/or used stolen credentials. Similarly, applications were also the initial targets of 53 percent of breaches."