Infosecurity March 2, 2021
Phil Muncaster

A quarter (25%) of healthcare apps contain high severity flaws, but healthcare organizations (HCOs) are relatively quick to fix them, according to new data from Veracode.

The security vendor broke out sector-specific data collected for its State of Software Security report and claimed that three-quarters (75%) of healthcare applications contained some kind of vulnerability.

This is about on par with the cross-sector average, which stands at 76%.

The sector fixes 70% of the flaws it finds, which puts it behind several other verticals in terms of total volume addressed. However, those it does tackle are fixed faster than any other industry on average except for retail.

Veracode claimed that this is because apps in healthcare are often smaller in size,...

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