56 percent of online properties studied contained multiple website vulnerabilities, according to WhiteHat Security. Public administration organizations were the No. 1 most vulnerable market, even though it could be argued they are dealing with extremely sensitive citizen information. Retail organizations ranked second-worst in the number of vulnerabilities, despite the awareness that followed major security breaches at Home Depot and Target. Experts told eWEEK that patching the various website vulnerabilities is not necessarily the answer, but how quickly organizations can fix their sites and, if necessary, notify any customers or visitors whose data may have been exposed.”]

