EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
GARTNER: MOBILE APPLICATION SECURITY TESTING
2015
Executive Summary: Why Gartner Ranked Appthority #1 for
Mobile Application Security*
3.98
Veracode
2014 Pr
oduct or
Service for
Testing Mobile
Applications:
Front and Back End
3.80
Pradeo
3.56
HP
3.03
2.95
IBM
2.59
2.54
2.39
2.23
2.11
3.98
2.08
1.87
1.62
Gartner Research Report: Critical Capabilities for
Application Security Testing (AST)
KEY FINDINGS:
Mobile AST is a rapidly growing requirement as information security leaders find
that security was often overlooked in the rush to deploy mobile applications (and
mobile-enabled back ends).
Information security teams are taking a comprehensive a
pproach to application
security testing using dynamic, static and interactive testing for all applications,
including mobile.
2014 WINNER
Information Security: Reader’s
Choice Awards
Enterprises have expanded their testing programs to include mobile applications,
expanding AST requirements to include behavioral analysis.
Why Appthority:
Appthority protects you with:
Your employees are constantly installing new mobile apps, and frequently
updating existing apps. This means your company’s information security threat
profile can be changing daily. Even Hourly.
• Complete mobile app risk visibility
Do you know which employee mobile apps poses a threat to
your company information?
• App risk management policy control
• Continuous coverage and protection
• Integration with your existing MDM
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*Out of 7 total use cases, Gartner ranked Appthority #1 for the mobile application security testing use case
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