You will lose money; you will have problems. The reputation risk can literally put you out of business. Twenty percent to 45% of customers will leave you if you report a security breach.

Understanding how to better develop software that is free from security defects is fundamental. Only by collaboration between top thinkers representing all stakeholders can we solve this problem. The Secure Software Forum is a tremendous step towards that solution and ISSA is excited to be supporting these efforts.

If you have an application exposed to the Internet that will allow people to make money, it will be probed. You will lose money; you will have problems. The reputation risk can literally put you out of business. Twenty percent to 45 percent of customers will leave you if you report a security breach.