# Why your company is wasting thousands of hours on software vulnerabilities

DevFeed: [Why your company is wasting thousands of hours on software vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-your-company-is-wasting-thousands-of-hours-on-software-vulnerabilities-13333.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/why-your-company-is-wasting-thousands-of-hours-on-software-vulnerabilities>)

Published: 2024-02-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [vulnerability management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerability-management.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [container images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/container-images.md>), [chainguard images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-images.md>), [chainguard labs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-labs.md>)

Tags: [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [chainguard-labs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-labs.md>), [common-vulnerabilities-and-exposures](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/common-vulnerabilities-and-exposures.md>), [container-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container-images.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [cve-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve-management.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>), [vulnerability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability.md>), [vulnerability-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerability-management.md>)

## AI overview

Chainguard Labs interviewed approximately ten software professionals and found that companies building or deploying containers may spend thousands of hours each year on vulnerability management. The article attributes much of this burden to large numbers of known vulnerabilities and image-selection practices that disregard vulnerability counts.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard Labs surveyed nine companies to see how many hours they spent on vulnerability management each year. Check out this blog to see the results.