SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Global web infrastructure is in a precarious position based on new research by the OpenJS Foundation thanks to an Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) grant.
The OpenJS Foundation is announcing the results of an end-user audit based on an IDC survey that shows three-quarters of a billion websites are running out of date software, with most capturing personal and financial information. Over one-third of respondents confirm having experienced a security incident in the last 24 months.
The OpenJS Foundation analyzed the IDC survey results of this end-user audit and other data points and estimated that of the 1.9 billion websites worldwide, almost 90% use the open source software jQuery, and one-third of those, over three-quarters of a billion sites, require an upgrade. Due to the size of the problem, the OpenJS Foundation suggests that a behavioral change to web security is required.
