Over 60 percent of enterprise cybersecurity incidents relate to known risks

A new Cloud Risk Exposure Impact Report from ZEST Security shows that 62 percent of incidents are directly related to risks the security team had previously identified, researched fixes for, and had open tickets for remediation in the backlog. The survey of over 150 security decision makers working in large US enterprises reveals that it takes 10 times longer to remediate vulnerabilities than it takes for attackers to exploit them, highlighting a significant advantage for attackers. The cost of remediation is high too, based on the time, resources, and effort reported by respondents it amounts to over $2 million annually.… [Continue Reading]