The number of reported security vulnerabilities in 2013 continued to increase compared to 2012. Vulnerabilities are on the rise constantly increasing since 2011. The high severity vulnerabilities increased by 16 percent from 2012.

There's been a considerable increase in vulnerabilities for all operating systems irrespective of brand. In 2013 vulnerability increases were as follows: 4794 total security vulnerabilities, 328 hardware vulnerabilities and 892 devices affected by hardware vulnerabilities. Hardware vulnerabilities by top vendors saw Cisco having 104 directly related vulnerabilities.

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