Snyk's Field CTO Pas Apicella delivered a presentation at the Digital Banking Asia Summit 2024 in Malaysia, focusing on actionable strategies to address pressing challenges in digital banking. The key areas highlighted by Apicella were top challenges in application security, key challenges for developers and security teams, and leadership considerations and defining success in application security. Financial services institutions face unique obstacles such as regulatory compliance, third-party integration, sophisticated attackers, complexity of applications, legacy systems, resource limitations, insider threats, and release velocity and secure customer experience. Collaboration between developers and security teams is vital but often falls short due to a lack of shared context and business and technical context, which complicates risk prioritization. Leadership priorities center on automation, developer productivity, and ease of use for CTOs, while CISOs prioritize compliance, detailed reporting, and real-time visibility into the organization's risk posture. Achieving success in application security requires a clear strategy and the right tools, defined by five pillars: developer adoption, security trust, delivering fixes, comprehensive platform, and partner ecosystem.