AI Is Changing Application Threats Faster Than Teams Can Adapt
Fortinet, Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
The 2026 Web Application Security Report, based on a global survey of more than 800 security professionals, quantifies what many teams are already seeing across web application security and API security environments.
Only 29% of respondents report confidence in their overall application security posture, dropping to 15% for AI-integrated applications and 12% when defending against AI-generated attacks.
This highlights a gap between how modern web applications and APIs function and how they are being secured. AI is integrated into application logic, workflows, and APIs, but the controls governing these systems still rest on outdated assumptions.