BitSight, which specializes in security ratings, has released a new report titled, “A Growing Risk Ignored: Critical Updates,” analyzing more than 35,000 companies from industries across the globe over the last year, to better understand the usage of outdated computer operating systems and Internet browsers, the time to it took to update operating systems once a new release was made available, and how these practices correlate to data breaches.
The data shows that there are large gaps in asset management programs across the globe. And this includes Macs.
Using evidence of security incidents from networks around the world, the BitSight Security Ratings Platform applies algorithms to produce daily security ratings for organizations, ranging from 250 to 900, where higher ratings equate to lower risk.
To look at the spread of operating systems and Internet browsers, researchers studied over 1.5 billion observations over a period of eight months, focusing on operating systems from Apple and Microsoft, along with Internet browsers including Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer. Key findings include:
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