Steps to Tru Risk™ – 1: Shift to Priority-Driven Strategies | Qualys
Summary: Qualys cites the National Vulnerability Database as documenting over 280,000 vulnerabilities as of early 2025, with 33% rated high to critical, and notes 28,817 disclosures in 2023 and 22,254 by mid-2024, a 30% increase over the same period the prior year. The post describes a global financial institution whose uniform patching mandate caused operational setbacks and downtime by remediating critical transaction systems at the same pace as non-essential development environments.
Why it matters: The financial institution in the post patched mission-critical transaction systems at the same rate as non-essential development environments, so key systems stayed exposed longer while low-risk assets got equal attention - the cost of treating every vulnerability the same.
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