There are many key drivers for application security, such as managing the high levels of complexity in rapidly changing IT environments as well as regulatory and compliance demands. With recent high profile breaches and their consequences in the headlines, the direct line between insecure software and data insecurity has never been more clear. As a result, organizations with a strong commitment to data integrity and privacy are taking concrete, measurable steps to ensure the software systems that control data are developed securely.

This white paper will examine in detail the drivers for this new form of governance and offer practical advice for introducing the right process, skills, tools, and metrics into the system to insure appropriate governance is achieved in a cost-effective manner.