Best Practices
Mobile app development teams often struggle to ship high-quality software on time and on budget. Developers face the pressure of accelerated release cycles, revenue demands, bug fixes, security breaches and compliance and regulatory requirements. Given an intense focus on developer efficiency and user experience, it’s inevitable that security and privacy issues can creep into their […]
The beginning of 2024 saw approximately 3.4 million apps available for download from the Google Play Store, and around 1.9 million apps available in the Apple App Store. That total continues to grow and more than 52,000 new apps were added to Google Play in February alone. Mobile app developers strive to rapidly introduce new […]
Whether you’re building a mobile app from scratch or evaluating an existing app, developers will find debugging an essential skill to master. Debugging is the process of identifying and resolving errors in software systems and mobile apps. Most Integrated Development Environments (IDE) come with built-in debugging tools that enable a developer to review the inner […]
Many organizations have embraced mobile DevSecOps by integrating automated mobile application security throughout the software development lifecycle. Baking security into the development process reduces risk, cuts costs and accelerates delivery of secure, high-quality mobile apps. A policy-based approach enables stakeholders to define and operationalize policy rules to meet internal, industry, app store and other requirements […]
Research projects that the mobile app security market will grow by USD 16.68 billion from 2021 to 2026. And as the number of mobile apps continue to grow, so too does the importance of mobile app security for security analysts and developers. Because the market shows no signs of slowing down, industry professionals would do […]
The consequences of a mobile application security issue can be detrimental, and mobile teams must prepare for everything from third-party bugs to cloud security issues and beyond. However, NowSecure MobileRiskTracker data finds that a shocking 85% mobile apps found in the Apple App Store and Google Play contain security and privacy issues.A recent webinar with […]
NowSecure recently partnered with Coalfire to contribute mobile risk data to the cybersecurity advisory company’s 4th Annual Penetration Risk Report. The report findings reveal the importance of continuous testing in vulnerability management combined with human-based testing to reduce risk. The most successful vulnerability and risk management programs are no longer focused on point-in-time schedules but […]
If you learned there was a way to reduce mobile application security testing costs by up to 85% and achieve a 10x gain in productivity, wouldn’t that be compelling? Replacing manual mobile pen testing with integrated mobile application security testing in the software development lifecycle yields significant savings and productivity gains and simultaneously reduces risk. […]
A Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) catalogs all libraries, dependencies and transitive dependencies present in an application. This critical piece of the development and security puzzle allows development and security teams to identify outdated, unlicensed or untrusted first-party and third-party libraries that require updates or removal. Mobile app development and security teams can use SBOMs […]
Only 22% of developers have a clear understanding of which security policies they are expected to comply with, according to the “Bridging the Developer and Security Divide” study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of VMware. For many organizationes, adopting mobile security standards such as OWASP Mobile Application Security Project Verification Standards (MASVS) can play […]