US & UK Public Sectors Running Insecure IT

A major new study has revealed that 78 per cent of (US) public sector organisations are still operating with serious, unresolved software security flaws, some of which have persisted for over five years.

Report Uncovers Widespread “Security Debt”

The findings come from US-based application risk management firm Veracode’s Public Sector State of Software Security 2025 report, released on 11 June. Based on an analysis of over 1.3 million software applications and 126 million security findings, the research highlights the extent to which government organisations in the US are falling behind on basic software vulnerability management.