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Mobile Application Security Fails to Match Levels of AI Use

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A recent report by NowSecure analyzed current mobile application security risks. The report found that 95% of organizations report AI capabilities in their mobile applications. Generative AI is the most widespread use case at 81%, followed by AI agents at 71%. Seventy-four percent report having a formal AI governance policy. Yet 37% have not implemented AI behavioral monitoring as a security control.

According to the report, 68% of surveyed organizations report that more than half of their mobile application code consists of third-party software development kits (SDKs) and libraries. As a result, many enterprises are deploying apps built mostly with third-party code that may not have been fully assessed before deployment.

Organizations whose apps contain more than 505 third-party code experienced security incidents at more than double the rate of organizations whose apps contain less than 50% third-party code. Yet 49% always assess SDKs for security or AI-related risks before release. Mobile security leaders increasingly identify SDKs and partner integrations as among the most difficult parts of the attack surface to manage.

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Taelor Sutherland is the Associate Editor at Security magazine. Sutherland covers news affecting enterprise security leaders, from industry events to physical & cybersecurity threats and mitigation tactics. She is also responsible for coordinating and publishing web exclusives, multimedia content, social media posts, and a number of eMagazine departments. Sutherland graduated in 2022 with a BA in English Literature from Agnes Scott College.