Mondoo Research Report

2025 State of Vulnerability Remediation

Uncovering challenges, gaps, and the path forward. A comprehensive survey of 125 IT and security professionals reveals the current state of vulnerability remediation.

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Key Insights from the Report

Manual Workflows

of teams still use manual remediation processes

Very Confident

are confident in their remediation abilities

Alert Fatigue

cite alert fatigue as a major pain point

No SLAs

don't have remediation SLAs defined

Tool Sprawl

struggle with too many siloed tools

Recurring Vulns

see vulnerabilities reintroduced during redeployment

Major Findings

The survey reveals critical gaps in how organizations approach vulnerability remediation today.

Remediation workflows are still largely manual

62%

have manual remediation workflows, and only 2% are fully automated. Manual processes make it extremely hard to keep up with the thousands of vulnerabilities being discovered.

How Mondoo Helps: Mondoo automates the entire vulnerability workflow from detection to resolution with AI-powered orchestration.

Alert fatigue is the biggest pain point

53%

say alert fatigue is a significant remediation pain point. Teams are overwhelmed by alerts, many of which are irrelevant, duplicate, or false positives.

How Mondoo Helps: Mondoo's intelligent prioritization filters out noise and surfaces only truly critical issues based on business context and exploitability.

Tool sprawl causes lower confidence

51%

lower remediation confidence when experiencing tool sprawl. The more tools that need to be managed, the harder it is to get a unified view.

How Mondoo Helps: Mondoo provides a single platform for vulnerability management across cloud, on-prem, SaaS, and endpoints—eliminating tool sprawl.

Lack of remediation guidance slows teams down

42%

say tickets don't include enough remediation information. Missing context about assets and fix steps causes friction between IT ops and security teams.

How Mondoo Helps: Mondoo auto-creates tickets with detailed asset information, guided remediation steps, and pre-tested code snippets.

Recurring vulnerabilities are too common

40%

say more than 5% of vulnerabilities recur, with 44% saying vulnerabilities are reintroduced during redeployment. Fixes in runtime don't reach source code.

How Mondoo Helps: Mondoo integrates with CI/CD pipelines to fix vulnerabilities at the source, preventing recurrence with shift-left security.

Most organizations don't use remediation SLAs

60%

don't have any remediation SLAs, and of those that track SLAs, 65% have to analyze data manually. Without SLAs, it's impossible to measure performance.

How Mondoo Helps: Mondoo provides automated SLA tracking and reporting, ensuring vulnerabilities are fixed promptly and compliance requirements are met.

Recommendations

Practical steps to improve your vulnerability remediation program.

Set SLAs and Automate Tracking

Define achievable remediation SLAs and automate tracking to measure performance without adding manual work.

Automate Prioritization

Eliminate false positives and focus only on critical issues with contextual risk factors and business impact.

Automate Ticketing

Auto-create tickets with remediation steps, code snippets, and asset details. Track to completion and reopen if drift occurs.

Automate Patching

Implement automated patching with human control, versioning, and rollback options. Start with lower priority systems.

About the Survey

IT & Security Professionals Surveyed

Work at Manager Level or Above

From Manufacturing Industry

Research commissioned by Mondoo and conducted by Virtual Intelligence Briefing.

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