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# Vulnerability economics
- URL: https://cje.io/2026/03/23/vulnerability-economics/
- Published: 2026-03-23T00:23:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-20T10:22:46.000Z
- Description: The four-line economic frame for every vulnerability: cost to introduce, cost to discover, cost to fix, and the value of exploitation — and why the math matters.
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Security

- Every vulnerability costs something to put there.
- Every vulnerability costs something to discover.
- Every vulnerability costs something to fix.
- The exploitation of every vulnerability has a value associated with it.