Patch Management Statistics 2024 – Everything You Need to Know

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Patch Management Latest Statistics

• According to the , 2017 0patch Survey Reportonly 39% of organizations are aware that actual breaches are linked to known vulnerabilities. ^[2]
• According to the , 2017 0patch Survey Report only 39% of organizations are aware that actual breaches are linked to known vulnerabilities. ^[2]
• It found that 50 percent of internal application vulnerabilities are considered high or critical risk. ^[3]
• It also found that 32 percent of vulnerabilities in internet facing applications are considered high or critical risk. ^[3]
• Smaller companies with 100 employees or fewer saw the lowest portion of medium, high, or critical. ^[3]
• According to Edgescan, the average time taken to remediate internet facing vulnerabilities was 60.3 days. ^[3]
• According to CVE Details, out of roughly 169,000 vulnerabilities, more than 19,000 have a CVSS score of 9.0–10.0. ^[3]
• That said, the vast majority have a score between 4.0 and 8.0. ^[3]
• According to the Check Point Cyber Security Report 2021, three out of four attacks took advantage of flaws that were reported in 2017 or earlier. ^[3]
• And 18 percent of attacks utilized vulnerabilities that were disclosed in 2013 or before, making them at least seven years old. ^[3]
• According to Check Point, the number of attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in remote access products increased substantially in 2020. ^[3]
• Citrix attack numbers increased more than 20 fold, while Cisco, VPN, and RDP attacks increased by 41%, 610%, and 85%, respectively. ^[3]
• Another study from Positive Technologies uncovered the alarming statistic that 84 percent of companies have high risk vulnerabilities on their external networks. ^[3]
• Positive Technologies also found that 26 percent of companies remain vulnerable to the WannaCry ransomware as they have not yet patched the vulnerability it exploits. ^[3]
• A report published by Palo Alto Networks in August 2020 found that 80 percent of studied exploits were made public before their related CVEs had even been published. ^[3]
• Q3 2021 tells us that in JulySeptember 2021, zeroday malware accounted for over two thirds of all threats (67.2%). ^[3]
• According to RiskBased Security’s 2020 Year End Report, Microsoft saw a huge increase in the number of detected vulnerabilities with the figure rising by 67 percent in 2020 compared to the previous year. ^[3]
• Veracode’s State of Software Security Report Volume 11 released in October 2020 found that more than three quarters of applications have security flaws. ^[3]
• That said, only 24 percent of those are considered to have high. ^[3]
• A fairly alarming finding from the Veracode report is that after a year and a half, around 25 percent of flaws are still open. ^[3]
• Those with 260+ scans per day remediated 50 percent of flaws within 62 days. ^[3]
• According to a 2019 Ponemon Institute Vulnerability Survey “60% of breach victims said they were breached due to an unpatched known vulnerability where the patch was not applied.”. ^[3]
• However, an even higher portion claimed they weren’t aware of vulnerabilities in their organizations prior to a breach. ^[3]
• Patch management is a time consuming and often misunderstood task, yet the impact can have devastating effects 57% of cyberattack victims stated that applying a patch would have prevented the attack. ^[4]
• 34% say they knew about the vulnerability before the attack. ^[4]
• Even though Microsoft released a patch one month before WannaCry ransacked 200,000 computers across 150 countries causing damages estimated from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in May 2017. ^[4]
• For example, according to research by Shodan there are over 400,000 computers located in the United States that have not patched their systems to prevent hackers from exploiting this vulnerability. ^[4]
• Poor security practices and lack of patching are likely reasons why malicious use of the EternalBlue exploit has grown continuously since the beginning of 2017. ^[4]
• 57% of data breaches are attributed to poor patch management. ^[4]
• 37% of breach victims confirmed they don’t scan their systems for vulnerabilities. ^[4]
• 48% of 3,000 businesses surveyed reported one or more data breaches in the last two years. ^[4]
• 34% of breach victims knew they were vulnerable before they were breached. ^[4]
• 74% of companies can’t patch fast enough because they don’t have enough staff –. ^[4]
• 65% of businesses state that it is difficult to prioritize patches. ^[4]
• According to Edgescan, the average time to patch high risk vulnerabilities increased by 22.9% from 64 days in 2017 to 83 days in 2018. ^[4]
• CVE Details 92% Percentage of web applications with security flaws or weaknesses that can be exploited. ^[4]
• 82% of employers report a shortage of cybersecurity skills, and 71% believe this talent gap causes direct and measurable damage to their organizations. ^[4]
• had they deployed the security patches in a timely manner, saving hundreds of millions or billions of dollars in lost revenue and damages.57% of data breaches are attributed to poor patch management. ^[4]
• In fact, according to the Ponemon Institute, 57% of cyberattack victims report that their breaches could have been prevented by installing an available patch and even more chilling, 34% of those victims knew of the vulnerability, but hadn’t taken action. ^[5]
• In fact, 74% of companies say they simply can’t patch fast enough because the average time to patch is 102 days according to Ponemon. ^[5]
• We can provide an assessment of your current patching process and see where there may be gaps before you become one of the 57% who experience a data breach due to poor patch management. ^[5]
• 92% of malware is delivered by email. ^[1]
• Mobile malware on the rise with the number of new malware variants for mobile increased by 54% in 2018. ^[1]
• Third party app stores host 99.9% of discovered mobile malware. ^[1]
• 98% of mobile malware target Android devices. ^[1]
• Over the last year, MacOS malware has increased by 165%. ^[1]
• Malware development rates for Windows decreased by 11.6% since reaching an all time high in 2015. ^[1]
• Malware is still the preferred distribution model, used 71.14% of the time over the last 12 months, while PUAs were only used in 28.86% of instances. ^[1]
• Gamut spambot was the most frequently used, with over 86% of all spambot cases involving its use. ^[1]
• Over the last year, 36% of these servers were hosted in America, while 24% were hosted in undefined countries. ^[1]
• Trojans make up 51.45% of all malware. ^[1]
• 230,000 new malware samples are produced every day and this is predicted to only keep growing. ^[1]
• Overall business detections of malware rose 79% from 2017 due to an increase in backdoors, miners, spyware, and information stealers. ^[1]
• 34% of businesses hit with malware took a week or more to regain access to their data. ^[1]
• 90% of financial institutions reported being targeted by malware in 2018. ^[1]
• Ransomware attacks worldwide rose 350% in 2018. ^[1]
• Ransomware attacks are estimated to cost $6 trillion annually by 2021. ^[1]
• 50% of a surveyed 582 information security professionals do not believe their organization is prepared to repel a ransomware attack. ^[1]
• 81% of cyber security experts believe there will be more ransomware attacks than ever in 2019. ^[1]
• 75% of companies infected with ransomware were running upto. ^[1]
• FedEx lost an estimated $300 million in Q1 2017 from the NotPetya ransomware attack. ^[1]
• 25% of business executives would be willing to pay between $20,000 and $50,000 to regain access to encrypted data 30% of organizations who pay the ransom receive all of their money back. ^[1]
• 40% of ransomware victims paid the ransom. ^[1]
• More than 50% of ransoms were paid by bitcoin in 2018. ^[1]
• 10% of all ransom demands are over $5,000. ^[1]
• Of the 1,100 IT professionals surveyed, 90% had clients that suffered ransomware attacks in the past year. ^[1]
• 40% had clients that were subject to at least 6 ransomware attacks. ^[1]
• In 2019 ransomware from phishing emails increased 109% over 2017. ^[1]
• 25% of businesses are estimated to have been victims of cryptojacking. ^[1]
• 25% of the WordPress plugins among Alexa’s most popular sites are flagged with critical vulnerabilities that could allow mining botnets in. ^[1]
• 43% of the IT professionals said they had been targeted by social engineering schemes in the last year. ^[1]
• New employees are the most susceptible to socially engineered attacks, with 60% of IT professionals citing recent hires as being at high risk. ^[1]
• 21% of current or former employees use social engineering to gain a financial advantage, for revenge, out of curiosity or for fun. ^[1]
• Social engineering attempts spiked more than 500% from the first to second quarter of 2018. ^[1]
• Social media 2.5 billion records, or 56% Government 1.2 billion records, or 27%. ^[1]
• 56% of IT decision makers say targeted phishing attacks are their top security threat. ^[1]
• 83% of global infosec respondents experienced phishing attacks in 2018, an increase from 76% in 2017. ^[1]
• 30% of phishing messages get opened by targeted users and 12% of those users click on the malicious attachment or link. ^[1]
• Only 3% of targeted users report malicious emails to management. ^[1]
• 53% of IT and security professionals say they have experienced a targeted phishing attack in 2017. ^[1]
• Credential compromise rose 70% over 2017, and they’ve soared 280% since 2016. ^[1]
• 50% of phishing sites now using HTTPS. ^[1]
• The most common malicious attachment types Office 38% Archive 37% PDF. ^[1]
• The volume of email fraud that organizations receive has increased 8% yearover. ^[1]
• 66% of malware is installed via malicious email attachments. ^[1]
• 49% of nonpointof sale malware was installed via malicious email. ^[1]
• 21% of ransomware involved social actions, such as phishing. ^[1]
• 30% of phishing messages were opened in 2016 – up from 23% in the 2015 report. ^[1]
• In 2017, cyber crime costs accelerated with organizations spending nearly 23% more than 2016 on average about $11.7 million. ^[1]
• From 2016 to 2017 there was a 22.7 % increase in cyber security costs. ^[1]
• The average global cost of cyber crime increased by over 27% in 2017. ^[1]
• The most expensive component of a cyber attack is information loss, which represents 43% of costs. ^[1]
• The root causes of data breaches for small businesses broke out as following Negligent employee or contractor 48%. ^[1]
• Third party mistakes 41% Error in system or operating process. ^[1]
• Don’t know External attacks 27%. ^[1]
• Other 2% 95% of breached records came from three industries in 2016. ^[1]
• Recent data breach statistics found that 63% of successful attacks come from internal sources, either control, errors, or fraud. ^[1]
• 33% of data breaches involved social engineering. ^[1]
• 43% of data breaches involved small businesses. ^[1]
• Targeted emails, or spear phishing, is reported by businesses to be used in 91% of successful data breaches and 95% of all enterprise networks. ^[1]
• 29.6% of companies will experience a data breach in the next two years. ^[1]
• The average cost of lost business for organizations in the 2019 study was $1.42 million, which represents 36 percent of the total average cost. ^[1]
• Breaches caused a customer turnover of 3.9% in 2019. ^[1]
• 36% of breaches were in the medical or healthcare industry in 2019. ^[1]
• 69% of those in the healthcare industry believe they are at great risk for a data breach than other industries. ^[1]
• Banks were the target 47% of financial data breaches. ^[1]
• Share prices fall 7.27% on average, and underperform the NASDAQ by. ^[1]
• 21% of all files are not protected in any way. ^[1]
• 41% of companies have over 1,000 sensitive files including credit card numbers and health records left unprotected. ^[1]
• 70% of organizations say that they believe their security risk increased significantly in 2017. ^[1]
• 50% of the security risk that organizations face stems from having multiple security vendors and products. ^[1]
• 65% of companies have over 500 users who never are never prompted to change their passwords. ^[1]
• Ransomware attacks are growing more than 350% annually. ^[1]
• IoT attacks were up 600% in 2017. ^[1]
• 61 percent of breach victims in 2017 were businesses with under 1,000 employees. ^[1]
• 2017 represented an 80% increase in new malware on Mac computers. ^[1]
• In 2017 there was a 13% overall increase in reported system vulnerabilities. ^[1]
• 2017 brought a 29% Increase in industrial control system–related vulnerabilities. ^[1]
• Coin mining represented the biggest growth area in cybercrime in 2017, with antivirus detections up 8,500% 90% of remote code execution attacks are associated with crypto mining. ^[1]
• 61% of organizations have experienced an IoT security incident. ^[1]
• 77% of compromised attacks in 2017 were fileless. ^[1]
• 69% of companies see compliance mandates driving spending. ^[1]
• 88% of companies spent more than $1 million on preparing for the GDPR. ^[1]
• 25% of organizations have a standalone security department. ^[1]
• 54% of companies experienced an industrial control system security incident. ^[1]
• Cyber criminals will steal an estimated 33 billion records in 2024. ^[1]
• In 2017 there were over 130 large scale, targeted breaches in the U.S. per year, and that number is growing by 27% per year. ^[1]
• 31% of organizations have experienced cyber attacks on operational technology infrastructure. ^[1]
• U.S. government to spend $15 billion on cyber security related activities in 2019 up 4% over the previous year. ^[1]
• 43% of cyber attacks target small business. ^[1]
• 47% of small businesses had at lease on cyber attack in the past year, 44% of those had two to four attacks. ^[1]
• 70% of small businesses are unprepared to deal with a cyber attack. ^[1]
• 66% of small business are very concerned about cyber security risk. ^[1]
• 85% of small businesses plan to increase spending on managed security services. ^[1]
• 51% of small businesses say they are not allocating any budget to cyber security. ^[1]
• 58% of malware attack victims are categorized as small businesses. ^[1]
• Ransomware damage costs alone are on track to hit $11.5 billion in 2019, at which point it’s estimated that small businesses will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 14 seconds. ^[1]
• 4% of malware sent to small businesses is delivered via email. ^[1]
• 1.1% legal/law enforcement message 0.3% scanned document. ^[1]
• 60% of small businesses say attacks are becoming more severe and more sophisticated. ^[1]
• Only 14% of small businesses rate their ability to mitigate cyber risks, vulnerabilities and attacks as highly effective. ^[1]
• 60% of small companies go out of business within six months of a cyber attack. ^[1]
• 48% of data security breaches are caused by acts of malicious intent. ^[1]
• Small businesses are most concerned about the security of customer data Consumer records 66% Intellectual property 49% Customer credit or debit card information 46%. ^[1]
• Employee records 8% Business correspondence 5%. ^[1]
• The types of cyber attacks on small businesses broke out as following Web. ^[1]
• Phishing / social engineering 43% General malware 35% SQL injection 26%. ^[1]
• Denial of services 21% Advance malware / zero day attacks 14%. ^[1]
• Malicious insider 13% Cross. ^[1]
• Other 1% 68% store email addresses 64% store phone numbers. ^[1]
• 69% of small businesses do not strictly enforce password policies. ^[1]
• 16% of small businesses say they had only reviewed their cyber security posture after they were hit by an attack. ^[1]
• Only 16% of small business are very confident in their cyber security readiness. ^[1]
• Strategy – 52% of small business have a clearly defined strategy around cyber security. ^[1]
• Accountability – 23% of small businesses have a leadership role dedicated to cyber, whereas 46% have no defined role at all. ^[1]
• Willingness to respond – 65% of small businesses have failed to act following a cyber security incident. ^[1]
• Training – 32% of small businesses have conducted phishing experiments to assess employee behavior and readiness in the event of an attack. ^[1]
• Insurance – 21% of small businesses have a standalone cyber insurance policy, compared to 58% of large companies. ^[1]
• 67% of financial institutions reported an increase in cyber attacks over the past year. ^[1]
• 26% of financial enterprises faced a destructive attack. ^[1]
• 79% of financial CISOs said threat actors are deploying more sophisticated attacks. ^[1]
• 21% suffered a watering hole attack in the last year. ^[1]
• 32% of financial institutions encountered island hopping, is leveraging one compromised organization to gain entry into another. ^[1]
• 25% of all malware attacks hit banks and other financial industries, more than any other industry Credit card compromised increased by 212% year over year, credential leaks experienced a similar increase of 129%, and malicious apps increased by 102%. ^[1]
• 47% of financial institutions reported an increase in wire transfer fraud. ^[1]
• 31% of financial institutions reported an increase in home equity loan fraud. ^[1]
• 79% of financial institutions said cybercriminals have become more sophisticated, leveraging highly targeted social engineering attacks. ^[1]
• 32% of financial institutions reported experiencing counter incident response. ^[1]
• 21% of financial institutions reported experiencing C2 on a sleep cycle. ^[1]
• 70% of financial institutions said they are most concerned about financially motivated attackers. ^[1]
• 30% of financial institutions said they are most concerned with nation. ^[1]
• Global attack types and sources on financial sectors Web attacks – 46% Service specific attacks – 28% DoS/DDoS 8%. ^[1]
• 69% of financial institution CISOs are planning to increase cyber security spending by 10% or more in 2019. ^[1]
• 47% of financial institution CISOs said their organizations are operating threat hunt teams. ^[1]
• 32% of financial institution CISOs said they conduct threat hunts on a monthly basis. ^[1]
• 70% of cyber crimes targeting surveyed financial institutions involve lateral movement. ^[1]
• 16% of healthcare providers report having “fully functional” security programs. ^[1]
• 43% admitted that they are either still developing security programs or have not developed one. ^[1]
• 93% of healthcare organizations are currently using some form of cloud services. ^[1]
• 63% plan to use multiple cloud vendors. ^[1]
• 20% of healthcare domain emails were fraudulent in 2017. ^[1]
• 82% of surveyed healthcare organizations say that security is a top concern. ^[1]
• 89% of healthcare organization had patient data lost or stolen in the past two years. ^[1]
• 54% of healthcare business associates say their top vulnerability is tied to employee negligence in handling patient information. ^[1]
• 81 percent of healthcare cyber security incidents are rooted in employee negligence. ^[1]
• 69% of healthcare organizations site negligent or careless employees as their top worry for security incidents, followed by cyber attacks (45%) and insecure mobile devices (30%). ^[1]
• The healthcare industry was the victim of 88%of all ransomware attacks in US industries in 2016. ^[1]
• 94% are now using some form of advanced technology to protect sensitive data. ^[1]
• 25% healthcare organizations using the public cloud report that they are not encrypting patient data. ^[1]
• 41% of higher education cyber security incidents and breaches were caused by social engineering attacks. ^[1]
• 43% have had student data attacked, including dissertation materials and exam results. ^[1]
• 25% have experienced critical intellectual property theft. ^[1]
• 28% have had grant holder research data attacked. ^[1]
• 87% have experienced at least one successful cyber attack. ^[1]
• 83% believe cyber attacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication. ^[1]
• 79% universities have experienced damage to reputation and almost 74% have had to halt a valuable research project as a result of a cyber attack. ^[1]
• 77% also say a cyber breach has the potential to impact national security, due to the potentially sensitive nature of the information which could been compromised. ^[1]
• 64% don’t believe their existing IT infrastructure will protect them against cyber attacks in next 12. ^[1]
• 27% see the current security of their data center as ‘inadequate’ and in urgent need of updating. ^[1]
• 85% of universities agree that more funding must be given to IT security to protect critical research IP. ^[1]
• On average, 30% of users in the education industry have fallen for phishing emails. ^[1]
• The education sector accounted for 13% of all data security breaches during the first half of 2017, resulting in the compromise of some 32 million personal records. ^[1]
• According to the official information, 31 terabytes of “valuable intellectual property and data” was exposed. ^[1]
• Nearly 98% of all cyber attacks rely on some form of social engineering to deliver a payload such as malware. ^[1]
• Therefore, threat actors distribute malware via email approximately 92% of the time. ^[1]
• 62% of businesses experienced phishing and social engineering attacks in 2018 with a new organization falling victim to ransomware every 14 seconds in 2019. ^[1]
• The total number of spear phishing campaigns targeting employees increased by 55%, which makes up 71% of all targeted attack on businesses. ^[1]
• Given the rise in phishing attacks it is estimated that 90% of incidences and breaches included a phishing element in 2019. ^[1]
• Data shows, despite best efforts, that 80 percent of enterprise applications have at least one unpatched vulnerability in them, according research by Veracode. ^[6]
• According to Edgescan, the average of 63 days to patch in 2017 to 81 days in 2018. ^[6]
• As of July, the number of systems that remain exposed and unpatched to BlueKeep is close to 800,000, according to BitSight. ^[6]
• 80% of fortune 2000 companies rely on our research to identify new revenue sources. ^[0]
• In fact, 57% of respondents stated that remote work has increased the complexity and scale of patch management. ^[7]
• The WannaCry ransomware attack, which encrypted an estimated 200,000 computers in 150 countries, remains a prime example of the severe repercussions that can occur when patches are not promptly applied. ^[7]
• 62% of respondents said that patching often takes a back seat to their other tasks, and 60% said that patching causes workflow disruption to users. ^[7]
• In addition, 61% of IT and security professionals said that line of business owners ask for exceptions or push back maintenance windows once a quarter because their systems cannot be brought down. ^[7]
• The myriad of challenges that IT and security teams face when it comes to patching may be why 49% of respondents believe their company’s current patch management protocols fail to effectively mitigate risk. ^[7]
• Forrester predicted that the average MSP’s revenue will drop 17% over next 12 months. ^[8]
• Service Leadership predicted a 30% drop over Q2, Q3, and Q4 2020 for the average MSP. ^[8]
• In fact, 70% of our poll respondents said their MRR is either at the same level as it was pre COVID, or it has actually increased since the pandemic began. ^[8]
• Another 29% are seeing that work volume hold steady. ^[8]
• Verizon’s report finds 81% of breaches leveraged legitimate user passwords and other credentials to breach systems. ^[9]
• Key findings of the report include Breaches based on External actors is on the decline (~75% this year), and threats based on Insiders is increasing (~25% this year). ^[9]
• When considering outsiders, 62 percent used hacking techniques targeting misconfigurations, vulnerabilities and exploits. ^[9]
• Further, 81 percent of breaches leveraging hacking techniques leveraged stolen or weak passwords, up from 63 percent last year. ^[9]
• In addition, this year’s report tells us that 14 percent of breaches were the result of privilege misuse, and it’s taking months to even years to detect the breaches. ^[9]
• Privilege misuse was the #3 breach pattern, and #2 incident pattern in 2016, and although the number of privilege misuse incidents dropped 26 percent year over year, the number of confirmed data losses increased by 61 percent to 277 breaches. ^[9]
• With only 3 percent of breaches coming from partners, organizations must enforce least privilege internally across their environments. ^[9]
• According to one report, basic enterprise desktop configuration required a total of 188 security patches during 2015. ^[10]

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How Useful is Patch Management

One of the key reasons why patch management is so essential is its role in mitigating security risks. Vulnerabilities in software systems are frequently discovered by cybercriminals who exploit them to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or disrupt system operations. By regularly installing software patches, organizations can effectively close these security gaps and reduce the risk of falling victim to cyberattacks.

Moreover, patch management plays a vital role in ensuring system stability and reliability. Software bugs and glitches can cause system crashes, data loss, and other operational issues that can disrupt business operations and result in significant financial losses. By promptly applying patches released by software vendors, organizations can address these issues and keep their systems running smoothly and efficiently.

In addition to enhancing security and system performance, patch management also facilitates compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards. Many regulatory bodies and industry organizations require organizations to maintain up-to-date software systems and apply security patches promptly to safeguard sensitive data and protect consumers’ privacy. Failure to comply with these requirements can result in hefty fines, legal implications, and damage to the organization’s reputation.

Furthermore, effective patch management can help organizations leverage the latest technological advancements and features offered by software vendors. Software patches often include updates that introduce new functionalities, improve user experience, and enhance system capabilities. By staying current with patch releases, organizations can take advantage of these advancements to remain competitive, drive innovation, and meet the evolving needs of their users.

It is also worth noting that patch management is not just a one-time task but an ongoing process that requires commitment and dedication. Software vendors regularly release patches to address new security threats, improve system performance, and fix bugs. As such, organizations need to establish robust patch management practices, such as automated patching systems, regular vulnerability assessments, and prioritization of critical patches, to stay ahead of potential risks and ensure effective patch deployment.

In conclusion, patch management is a critical component of maintaining a secure, reliable, and compliant software environment. By prioritizing patch management efforts and implementing best practices, organizations can reduce security risks, optimize system performance, comply with regulations, and capitalize on technological advancements. While patch management may require time and resources, the benefits it offers far outweigh the costs, making it an indispensable asset in today’s rapidly evolving digital world.

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