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Recent Statistics & Reports

Components with known vulnerabilities: 6.1% in the financial services industry (versus 5.5% average in other industries).

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testVulnerabilities

76% of financial services leaders highlight third-party software vulnerabilities as a top concern.

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testVulnerabilities

Approximately one-third of serious issues are never resolved by the organizations in the financial services industry, contributing to backlog and systemic risk.

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testVulnerability resolution

70% of financial services firms report that delays in scheduling pentests sometimes impact compliance or business timelines.

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testCompliance

78% of financial services firms report fixing critical vulnerabilities in business-critical assets within 14 days, indicating they narrowly meet strict internal SLA requirements.

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testVulnerabilities

68% of financial services leaders highlight GenAI-related risks as a top concern.

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testGenAI

Financial services firms demonstrate strengths in avoiding common, code-level flaws due to mature security programs and automated scanning (SAST/DAST). However, they struggle with vulnerabilities that require human-led testing.

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testVulnerabilities

The financial services industry resolves about two-thirds (66.7%) of serious findings. This ranks the industry 10 out of the 13 industries Cobalt researched.

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testVulnerability resolution

Cross-site scripting (Web/API): 5.0% in the financial services industry (versus 9.7% average in other industries).

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testVulnerabilities

Business logic flaws: 2.9% in the financial services industry (versus 2.3% average in other industries).

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testVulnerabilities

Server-side injection (Web/API): 4.2% in the financial services industry (versus 5.3% average in other industries).

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testVulnerabilities

Industries like hospitality resolve serious findings significantly faster than the financial services industry (61 days vs 20 days).

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testMTTR

The half-life for serious findings is 147 days in the financial services industry. This metric, which accounts for unresolved vulnerabilities, places FS ninth overall out of the thirteen measured industries.

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testHalf-life

46% of financial services leaders highlight insider threats as a top concern.

9/30/2025
Financial servicesPen testInsider threat

The 2025 breach at DaVita compromised over 900,000 patients' personal and clinical data.

9/3/2025
HealthcareBreach

Healthcare resolved only 57.4% of serious pen test findings. This ranks healthcare 11th of 13 industries. By comparison, transportation led with 80.2%.

9/3/2025
HealthcarePen testVulnerabilities

71% of healthcare leaders cited GenAI as the top risk.

9/3/2025
HealthcareGenAI

68% of healthcare leaders cited third-party software as the top risk.

9/3/2025
HealthcareThird-party risk

Just 13.3% of healthcare pentest findings qualify as “serious”. This ranks healthcare 6th-best out of 13 industries.

9/3/2025
HealthcarePen testVulnerabilities

71% of healthcare leaders cited GenAI as the top risk.

9/3/2025
HealthcareGenAI

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