Cybersecurity statistics / Vulnerabilities

54% measure success of vulnerability remediation by fewer breaches.

Publisher	Seemplicity
Report	2025 Remediation Operations Report
Published	28 April 2025
Topics	Vulnerabilities, Vulnerability remediation, Data breach

Published by Seemplicity in 2025 Remediation Operations Report, 28 April 2025. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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