About this Report:
For many public sector professionals, software security is a major concern. Slow flaw remediation (315 days on average) and high critical security debt (55% of organizations) raise worries about application security and data breaches.
In the Public Sector State of Software Security 2025 Report, you’ll learn:
The half-life for fixing flaws in the public sector is 315 days, significantly longer than the overall average of 252 days.
78% of public sector organizations have security debt, and 55% have critical debt, both slightly higher than the overall averages.
Over 70% of critical security debt stems from third-party code, and it takes about 50% longer to fix flaws in third-party code.
Download the report now to learn how leading organizations in the public sector have fewer flaws, higher fix capacity, faster fix speed, and lower security debt compared to lagging organizations.