UK organisations may have to invest more in managed security services, a study has revealed.
Research by Forrester Consulting on behalf of risk management services provider Veracode indicates 62 per cent of firms have experienced a security breach in the past 12 months.
A survey of over 200 respondents from 180 different businesses across a range of sectors was carried out by the group.
The research also found that while companies feel they know the make-up of their mixed application portfolios, there is little confidence in the security quality of their platforms.
Forrester Consulting commented: "Companies are not doing enough to ensure the security of open source code, outsourced code and commercial applications."
Earlier this week, research carried out by international data protection provider BakBone Software indicated that 20 per cent of companies said they had mission critical data that, should it be unavailable for more than an hour, would impact operations, indicating that managed security is becoming increasingly important to businesses of all sizes.