Beyond the Breaking Point: Strategies for Application Security in the Age of AI

By Erik Linask, Group Editorial Director | June 13, 2025

In today's interconnected and digitally driven world, businesses have to pay more attention to application security than ever. It’s not simply a recommendation, but a but a critical imperative for organizational survival. As businesses increasingly rely on web and mobile applications for everything from customer interactions and e-commerce to internal operations and data management, these applications become prime targets for cyberattacks.

Radware’s “2025 Cyber Survey,” aptly subtitled “Application Security (News - Alert) at a Breaking Point,” underscores this reality, showing that more than half of organizations already experience a range of attacks against their applications monthly or more frequently, with bot, API, and application attacks leading the charge. This constant barrage of threats (which shouldn’t be news to anyone) highlights that any weakness in application security can directly translate into significant financial losses, reputational damage, and operational disruptions ...