Organisations of all sizes are struggling to secure their corporate data assets from being engulfed by a tidal wave of application security threats. The ‘apps explosion’, precipitated by the introduction of smartphones and tablets computers, is challenging the vigilance of most IT security departments.

Simply put, if the most vulnerable entry point for targeting the corporation’s protected and confidential data are its software applications, then the network and hardware infrastructure are a company’s “backdoor” to its trusted assets while the use of business software is the new, insecure front door.