Patching is not always done in a timely manner once a critical or high-priority vulnerability is detected. According to the State of Enterprise Linux Security Management study by the Poneman® Institute, on average, only 29% of organizations can patch vulnerabilities within two weeks. The study also shows that 44% of organizations say it takes a month to patch vulnerabilities. In comparison, 56% say it can take an average of five weeks to more than one year
