73% of organizations take longer than 24 hours to apply critical patches.
73% of organizations take longer than 24 hours to apply critical patches. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by Swimlane in November 2025. It covers topics including Patching, Critical patches. The original data appears in Cracks in the Foundation: Why Basic Security Still Fails. For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.
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73% of organizations take longer than 24 hours to apply critical patches. This data was published by Swimlane and covers Patching, Critical patches.
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This statistic comes from Cracks in the Foundation: Why Basic Security Still Fails, published by Swimlane on November 16, 2025. You can view the original report at https://swimlane.com/resources/reports/cyber-fundamentals/.
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This statistic relates to Patching, Critical patches. Browse more statistics on Patching or from Swimlane.