Over half of healthcare apps have a serious vulnerability

A new study from the Application Security Division of NTT Ltd reveals that 52 percent of applications in the healthcare industry have at least one serious vulnerability -- rating 'high' or 'critical' on the CVSS scale -- open throughout the year. However, healthcare has performed 14 percent better than the industry average on remediating critical risks in the past three months. This represents a positive trend for healthcare, which historically performs below average based on a rolling 12-month analysis. The study also shows that 18 percent of critical vulnerabilities found in applications are fixed within one month of discovery, while… [Continue Reading]