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@Olly42@nerdculture.deNew Research: The State of Web Exposure 2025.
The research by web exposure management specialist Reflectiz reveals several alarming findings about the high number of website vulnerabilities organizations across many industries are needlessly exposing themselves to.
https://www.reflectiz.com/learning-hub/web-exposure-management-report/
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For the report, Reflectiz gathered its own proprietary data from the top 100 websites (according to number of site visits) in each industry, so the fact that close to half of all third-party apps in such a large sample are gathering sensitive user data when they don't need to comes as a surprise.
The realization that this practice is so widespread will cause many website owners to wonder what other surprises might be lurking in their web ecosystems and how large their web exposure footprint really is. If there's one thing that owners in any industry can take away from this report it's that they are almost guaranteed to have unexpected unresolved vulnerabilities of their own. (And the chart strongly suggests that they will….)](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/113/906/078/350/226/830/original/81da6f713ec57574.png "[ImageSource: reflectiz.com]
For the report, Reflectiz gathered its own proprietary data from the top 100 websites (according to number of site visits) in each industry, so the fact that close to half of all third-party apps in such a large sample are gathering sensitive user data when they don't need to comes as a surprise.
The realization that this practice is so widespread will cause many website owners to wonder what other surprises might be lurking in their web ecosystems and how large their web exposure footprint really is. If there's one thing that owners in any industry can take away from this report it's that they are almost guaranteed to have unexpected unresolved vulnerabilities of their own. (And the chart strongly suggests that they will….)")
![[ImageSource: reflectiz.com]
The chart, taken from the report, shows that there is variation between industries when it comes to apps that can access sensitive user data. With that in mind, companies working in the Entertainment and Online Retail sectors may want to pay extra attention to how many of their apps are accessing sensitive data unnecessarily and increasing their web exposure.
If you aren't familiar with the term web exposure, it was coined by Gartner to describe the range of risks that modern websites face because they connect with dozens of essential third-party apps, CDN repositories and open source tools that help with tracking and functionality tasks. Each one increases the size of the attack surface and is a potential target for malicious actors, but although website owners cannot avoid using these connected assets, they can take steps to make each one safer. Checking that the third-party apps aren't needlessly accessing user’s sensitive personal, financial and health information is a good place to start for a quick win, but the report reveals many others.](https://nerdculture.de/system/media_attachments/files/113/906/078/809/673/581/original/797ea16c23e2e758.png "[ImageSource: reflectiz.com]
The chart, taken from the report, shows that there is variation between industries when it comes to apps that can access sensitive user data. With that in mind, companies working in the Entertainment and Online Retail sectors may want to pay extra attention to how many of their apps are accessing sensitive data unnecessarily and increasing their web exposure.
If you aren't familiar with the term web exposure, it was coined by Gartner to describe the range of risks that modern websites face because they connect with dozens of essential third-party apps, CDN repositories and open source tools that help with tracking and functionality tasks. Each one increases the size of the attack surface and is a potential target for malicious actors, but although website owners cannot avoid using these connected assets, they can take steps to make each one safer. Checking that the third-party apps aren't needlessly accessing user’s sensitive personal, financial and health information is a good place to start for a quick win, but the report reveals many others.")