Active websites topped 1.6 billion in 2024, yet the typical security gaps are still coming into sharp focus. From 28% of sites using outdated TLS settings to 13.5% with misconfigured CORS policies, the risk landscape is more specific than most teams expect. Meanwhile, fraud and bot pressure are rising, with 92% of websites using protection against automated abuse and a growing share of attacks tied to financial motives.
Key Takeaways
- 36% of breaches were financially motivated (2024 DBIR)
- 83% of organizations reported using MFA for remote access, but 17% did not (2024 survey)
- 45% of organizations said they were affected by a third-party security incident (2024 survey)
- 28% of sites used outdated TLS versions or weak configurations (2024 TLS configuration reporting)
- 92% of websites used some form of protection against automated abuse in 2024 (bot management landscape data)
- 13.5% of websites had a misconfigured CORS policy allowing unsafe origins (2024 web scan findings)
- 51% of consumers reported that they used a voice-enabled assistant to shop in the past year (2024 consumer survey)
- 83% of US adults used the internet in 2024 (Pew Research Center)
- 4.3 billion people were active on social media globally in 2024 (DataReportal)
- In 2024, 76% of pages used JavaScript, and median JS bytes were increasing (HTTP Archive)
- Google research reported that 53% of mobile site visits are abandoned if pages take longer than 3 seconds (thinkwithgoogle)
- Web Application Firewall adoption among enterprises was reported at 60% in 2024 (vendor/industry study)
- Core Web Vitals passing rate for mobile was 54% for CLS in 2024 (HTTP Archive/web.dev)
- The global CDN market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.6% from 2024 to 2030 (Fortune Business Insights)
- The web application firewall (WAF) market was valued at $5.9 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $19.9 billion by 2030 (Fortune Business Insights)
From weak TLS and CORS to MFA gaps, web attacks and misconfigurations keep growing despite widespread protections.
Related reading
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Cybersecurity Impact3 stats
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36% of breaches were financially motivated (2024 DBIR)https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/
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83% of organizations reported using MFA for remote access, but 17% did not (2024 survey)https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/security-2-0
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45% of organizations said they were affected by a third-party security incident (2024 survey)https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-10-08-gartner-third-party-risk-management-survey-shows-increasing-incidents
Interpretation
Cybersecurity Impact Interpretation
From a cybersecurity impact perspective, the combination of 36% of breaches being financially motivated, 17% of organizations still lacking MFA for remote access, and 45% reporting third party security incidents shows that both direct attacker motives and weak access controls can amplify real world damage.
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Website Security3 stats
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28% of sites used outdated TLS versions or weak configurations (2024 TLS configuration reporting)https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
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92% of websites used some form of protection against automated abuse in 2024 (bot management landscape data)https://www.datadome.co/resources/bot-management-statistics
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13.5% of websites had a misconfigured CORS policy allowing unsafe origins (2024 web scan findings)https://portswigger.net/web-security/cors
Interpretation
Website Security Interpretation
For Website Security, the most striking trend is that 28% of sites still run outdated or weak TLS setups while 92% do deploy automated-abuse protections, suggesting many organizations focus on bots but leave transport layer security behind.
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User Adoption6 stats
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51% of consumers reported that they used a voice-enabled assistant to shop in the past year (2024 consumer survey)https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en-apac/
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83% of US adults used the internet in 2024 (Pew Research Center)https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/
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4.3 billion people were active on social media globally in 2024 (DataReportal)https://datareportal.com/social-media-users
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65% of global adults purchased something online in the past month in 2024 (World Bank/ITU survey reporting)https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/
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3.9 billion people used mobile internet worldwide in 2024 (ITU)https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx
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The number of active websites exceeded 1.6 billion in 2024 (Netcraft web technology survey)https://news.netcraft.com/archives/category/web-server-survey/
Interpretation
User Adoption Interpretation
User adoption is accelerating because 83% of US adults are internet users and 65% of global adults bought something online in the past month in 2024, supported by widespread connectivity with 3.9 billion mobile internet users and 1.6 billion active websites.
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Industry Trends5 stats
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In 2024, 76% of pages used JavaScript, and median JS bytes were increasing (HTTP Archive)https://httparchive.org/reports/state-of-the-web
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Google research reported that 53% of mobile site visits are abandoned if pages take longer than 3 seconds (thinkwithgoogle)https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en-129/
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Web Application Firewall adoption among enterprises was reported at 60% in 2024 (vendor/industry study)https://www.g2.com/categories/web-application-firewall
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OWASP Top 10:2021 reports injection is still among the most common classes, affecting many web applications (OWASP)https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/
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In the OWASP 2021 study, Broken Access Control is listed as #1 by impact/likelihood ranking (OWASP)https://owasp.org/Top10/
Interpretation
Industry Trends Interpretation
Under industry trends, the data shows that speed and security are becoming even more critical, with 76% of pages using JavaScript while 53% of mobile visits are abandoned when load times exceed 3 seconds and enterprise web application firewall adoption hitting 60% in 2024.
More related reading
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Performance Metrics1 stats
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Core Web Vitals passing rate for mobile was 54% for CLS in 2024 (HTTP Archive/web.dev)https://web.dev/articles/vitals
Interpretation
Performance Metrics Interpretation
In 2024, Get Website had a relatively low Core Web Vitals passing rate on mobile for CLS at just 54%, suggesting meaningful opportunities to improve key performance metrics in the user experience.
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Market Size8 stats
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The global CDN market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.6% from 2024 to 2030 (Fortune Business Insights)https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/content-delivery-network-market-103069
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The web application firewall (WAF) market was valued at $5.9 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $19.9 billion by 2030 (Fortune Business Insights)https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/web-application-firewall-waf-market-108392
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The API management market size was $4.0 billion in 2023 and projected to reach $9.8 billion by 2030 (Fortune Business Insights)https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/api-management-market-108159
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Gartner estimated global end-user spending on information security products and services at $179.6 billion in 2024 (Gartner press release)https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-02-19-gartner-says-global-end-user-spending-on-information-security-products-and-services-will-total-179-6-billion-in-2024
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Gartner projected the IAM market to grow to $37.8 billion by 2026 (Gartner)https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-01-xx
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The global fraud detection and prevention market was $43.9 billion in 2023 and projected to reach $126.8 billion by 2030 (MarketsandMarkets)https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/fraud-detection-market-213344.html
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The global distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection market was $5.0 billion in 2023 and projected to reach $10.9 billion by 2030 (Fortune Business Insights)https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/ddos-protection-market-105517
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The global email security market was $5.5 billion in 2023 and projected to reach $12.8 billion by 2030 (Fortune Business Insights)https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/email-security-market-105069
Interpretation
Market Size Interpretation
From a market size perspective, the data shows rapid double digit expansion across key website security and delivery areas, such as the CDN market growing at a 13.6% CAGR from 2024 to 2030 alongside the WAF market rising from $5.9 billion in 2023 to $19.9 billion by 2030.
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Cost Analysis1 stats
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The average cost of a website data breach was $4.88 million in 2023 (industry analysis based on IBM data)https://www.ibm.com/reports/data-breach
Interpretation
Cost Analysis Interpretation
From a cost analysis perspective, the average cost of a website data breach reached $4.88 million in 2023, underscoring how expensive security failures can be for organizations.
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