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The number of new security flaws recorded by NIST has already surpassed the total for 2020, the fifth record-breaking year in a row.
Patching security flaws is a challenging and seemingly never-ending chore for IT and security professionals.
Based on the latest stats from the National Institute of Standards and Technology Vulnerability Database, the volume of security flaws has hit a record for the fifth straight year in a row.
As of Dec. 9, 2021, the number of vulnerabilities found in production code for the year is 18,400.
Why do the number of vulnerabilities keep rising? In a blog post published Wednesday, Pravin Madhani, CEO and co-founder of security provider K2 Cyber Security offered some thoughts.
"Most simply, technology itself is accelerating, and vulnerabilities are inherent to software development. It's a probability game, and the more software that is produced, the more vulnerabilities will exist. In terms of the spread, from a discovery standpoint, lower-impact issues tend to be easier to introduce, easier to find and thus reported more frequently."