70% of IT teams spend more than 6 hours per week on security patching

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Organizations are facing challenges with security patching and rising regulatory burdens in the open source software supply chain, as per a report by Canonical and IDC.
44% of organizations use open source software to reduce costs, while 36% use it to increase development speed.
Many organizations prefer to source dependencies from operating systems, but only 44% currently do.
70% of organizations mandate vulnerability patching within 24 hours for high and critical container vulnerabilities, but only 41% are confident in meeting this requirement.
AI adoption, cloud management, and increasing regulatory requirements are additional challenges organizations will face in 2025.
Only 37% of organizations understand how compliance regulations apply to their systems and components.
To address these challenges, businesses need to focus on automating updates, implementing a common compliance framework, and improving vulnerability management.
Canonical provides open source security, support, and services, catering to a wide range of customers from tech brands to governments.
IDC offers market intelligence and advisory services for IT and tech markets globally, helping organizations make informed technology decisions.
Organizations must develop new approaches to overcome challenges in vulnerability management, compliance, and cybersecurity to ensure long-term sustainability of their systems.

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