Software threats are growing, with expanding attack surfaces, increasing security debt, and AI-driven code generation reshaping the risk landscape. This report examines key security maturity metrics, the importance of prioritizing high-impact risks, and strategies for building a resilient security program focused on the issues that matter most.
Security debt continues to rise, even as organizations adopt more tools and resources. Understanding why this happens is essential to building an effective strategy. This report explores five key risk metrics that define security maturity, revealing where the most and least prepared organizations stand. It also introduces a new approach to remediation, showing how AI and smarter prioritization can reshape security backlogs and improve long-term resilience.
The findings highlight significant trends shaping today’s security challenges.
- Since 2020, fix times have risen 47%, outpacing teams.
- Half of organizations have critical security debt with lingering high-risk flaws.
- 70% of this debt stems from third-party and AI-generated code.