"Global Databases Riddled With an Average of 26 Vulnerabilities"

According to a new five-year study by Imperva, nearly half (46%) of the world’s on-premises databases contain known vulnerabilities, most of which are high or critical severity.  The security vendor scanned 27,000 databases globally over five years and discovered that they contained 26 vulnerabilities each on average. Some 56% of these were ranked in the top two severity categories, meaning they could lead to serious compromise if exploited.  Some CVEs have not been addressed for several years, Imperva claimed.  The researchers stated that despite the growing popularity of cloud-based platforms, the results found during the research are concerning, as most organizations continue to store their most sensitive data on-premises.  France was by far the worst global offender in terms of percentage of vulnerable databases (84%) and second only to China (74) in terms of the average number of bugs per database (72).

Infosecurity reports: "Global Databases Riddled With an Average of 26 Vulnerabilities"