Website Security Threats: Uncovering Hidden Risks

The Alarming Truth About Website Vulnerabilities

The Risks of Website Vulnerabilities

Are your websites leaking sensitive data? New research reveals that 45% of third-party apps access user info without proper authorization, and 53% of risk exposures in Retail are due to the excessive use of tracking tools. Learn how to uncover and mitigate these hidden threats and risks—download the full report here.

The State of Website Vulnerabilities

New research by web exposure management specialist Reflectiz reveals several alarming findings about the high number of website vulnerabilities organizations across many industries are needlessly exposing themselves to.

The Risks of Third-Party Applications

For instance, one standout statistic from the report is that 45% of third-party applications access sensitive user information without good reason. Although third-party apps may be essential for marketing and functionality, they can also pose a significant risk to website security. Finance industry sites, for example, are exposed to high risk due to their overreliance on public content delivery networks. Education industry sites are also exposed to high risk due to their overreliance on public content delivery networks.

The Need for a Customized Approach

As such insights pile up, it becomes clear that companies across industries wishing to reduce their web exposure can’t take a one-size-fits-all approach. The context of the risk factors affecting them will shape their responses to them.

The Solution: Exposure Rating

The report reveals that each industry faces a landscape of dynamically shifting risk variables, and the need to turn them into actionable priorities is what prompted Reflectiz to pioneer an innovative technology called Exposure Rating. It analyzes the huge number of data points it gathers from scanning millions of websites by considering each risk factor in context, adds them together to create an overall level of risk, and expresses this as a simple grade, from A to F, with added remediation advice. It’s an easy-to-understand way of identifying the security priorities for each organization, focusing their attention where it’s most needed, and benchmarking their performance against industry peers.

Download the Full Report

Download the full research report here.