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The Real Cost of Exposure Remediation: Helping Developers

Avoid Burnout

By Ravid Circus, Chief Product Officer, Seemplicity

The number of security weaknesses companies face keeps growing fast. Common vulnerabilities and
exposures (CVEs) jumped by 39% in 2024, adding to the overwhelming burden on remediation teams.
Whether these risks are found in owned code, third-party code or commercial software, they don’t just
compromise organizational security; these risks contribute to the ongoing cybersecurity workforce crisis,
with developers, in particular, struggling to keep pace with fixing the never-ending backlog of
vulnerabilities.

Currently, 69% of those contributing to remediation are developers, highlighting that, on top of their core
responsibilities, developers play a critical role in fixing vulnerabilities. With the added workload,
developers are at greater risk of experiencing burnout, and because burnt-out workers are more likely to
leave their jobs, organizations risk seeing declining productivity and higher employee turnover unless this
workload is alleviated.

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