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81% of organisations believe their security posture is strong.
4/14/2025•
Security posture
Financial companies have a lower rate of serious findings (11%) in pentests.
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TestingPen testingOffensive security
Less than half (48%) of vulnerabilities are remediated.
4/14/2025•
VulnerabilitiesVulnerability managementVulnerability remediation
46% of companies commit to fix critical vulnerabilities within just three days.
4/14/2025•
VulnerabilitiesVulnerability managementVulnerability remediation
98% of organisations are incorporating generative AI technologies into their products.
4/14/2025•
AIGen AI
Large organisations resolve only 60% of serious pentest findings.
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TestingPen testingOffensive security
LLM pentests yield the highest proportion of serious vulnerabilities (32%) than any other asset type tested.
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LLMPen testingOffensive security
Since 2017, the median time to resolve serious vulnerabilities has decreased dramatically—from 112 days down to 37 days last year.
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VulnerabilitiesVulnerability remediationVulnerability management
Most companies set ambitious service-level agreements (SLA) requiring vulnerabilities to be fixed within 14 days.
4/14/2025•
VulnerabilitiesSLAs
The rate for serious findings in pentests being resolved in each calendar year remains stuck at just 55%.
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TestingPen testingOffensive security
15% of organisations resolve 10% or less of their serious findings in pentests.
4/14/2025•
TestingPen testingOffensive security
Only 66% of organisations are conducting regular security assessments like pentesting on their AI products.
4/14/2025•
TestingPen testingOffensive security
Larger organisations take over a month longer (61 days) than smaller ones (27 days) to resolve serious findings in pentests.
4/14/2025•
TestingPen testingOffensive security
This represents a cut of 75 days, or two-thirds.
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VulnerabilitiesVulnerability remediationVulnerability management
The proportion of serious findings in pentests has also declined by about half (from 20% to 11%) over 10 years.
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TestingPen testingOffensive security
Small companies lead with 81% of serious findings in pentests resolved.
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TestingPen testingOffensive security
57% of organisations resolve at least 90% of their serious findings in pentests.
4/14/2025•
TestingPen testingOffensive security
AI and LLM security has emerged as the top concern among security professionals (72%).
4/14/2025•
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