The threat landscape has outpaced traditional patching
According to insights from our Bitsight Threat Intelligence solution, the vulnerability landscape has shifted in ways that significantly increase risk for organizations that patch slowly. The time between public disclosure and active exploitation has continued to shrink, with threat actors weaponizing vulnerabilities almost immediately after details become available, turning each disclosure into a real world attack opportunity.
At the same time, the volume of disclosed vulnerabilities has surged, with a reported 40 percent increase reaching roughly 39,000 disclosures in 2024, overwhelming security teams and making effective prioritization more difficult. Bitsight data also shows that high severity vulnerabilities increased by 78 percent between 2020 and 2021, further compounding the challenge. As attacker access to exploit code becomes more widespread,…
