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by tkfu 1011 days ago
That's the problem, there isn't a good objective measure. Some type of "reasonableness" standard is usually invoked in situations like this, but that kinda just takes us back to square one: what's currently considered reasonable in the industry is pretty terrible.
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I'm not sure we will ever have a universally accepted objective measure of risk. Risk is, by its nature, somewhat subjective.

Most organisations will use CVEs and the CVSS system as a starting point, but will triage them and produce their own assessment of the actual risk to them and their products given how the software is used.

I don't think a legal reasonableness standard would be the same as "common industry behavior." Regulation would hold companies to a real reasonableness standard, as determined in the text of the regulation or by a court.