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Gartner® Reprint: Application Security Strategy 2026

Gartner® Reprint

Application Security Strategy 2026

AI, DevSecOps and Platform Consolidation

How cybersecurity leaders can improve application security maturity by governing AI-augmented development, improving developer experience, and consolidating platforms.

AppSec Strategies Gartner Reprint

Overview

Application security remains one of the least mature cybersecurity disciplines, even as it becomes more critical to preventing data breaches and software risk.

In this Gartner® reprint, learn how AI-driven development, DevSecOps adoption, and tool convergence are reshaping application security strategies through 2026 and what leaders must do to keep pace.

In this Gartner® reprint, you’ll learn how to:

  • Govern AI-augmented development and manage AI-generated code risk
  • Improve developer experience while scaling DevSecOps practices
  • Reduce security friction through application security posture management
  • Drive maturity through application security platform consolidation
  • Prepare for emerging risks from vibe coding, AI assistants, and prompt injection

Business Idea Light BulbKey Insights

By 2027, at least 30 percent of application security exposures will result from the usage of vibe coding practices

 

Through 2029, over 50 percent of successful cyberattacks against AI agents will exploit access control issues, including prompt injection

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Disclaimer

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner, Application Security Strategy 2026: AI, DevSecOps and Platform Consolidation, Dionisio Zumerle, 18 September 2025.