AI‑Coding Becomes A Risky Norm As Use Of AI-Coding Assistants Takes Off And More Than 80% Of Organizations Ship Vulnerable Code

PARAMUS, N.J., Aug 18 (Bernama) -- Checkmarx, the leader in agentic AI-powered application security, today released the results of its annual survey titled “Future of Application Security in the Era of AI,” offering a candid assessment of how AI‑accelerated development is reshaping the risk landscape and how to prepare for the year ahead. The study surveyed more than 1,500 CISOs, AppSec managers and developers across North America, Europe and Asia‑Pacific to understand how organizations are adapting to a world where software is increasingly written by machines.

The findings paint a stark picture: AI‑generated code is becoming mainstream, but governance is lagging. Half of respondents already use AI security code assistants and 34% admit that more than 60% of their code is AI‑generated. Yet only 18% have policies governing this use. The growing adoption of AI coding assistants is eroding developer ownership and expanding the attack surface.