The energy and utilities ranking for the study period ending August 1 was 652—little changed from last year’s 653. However, given the critical importance of the industry, the rating is lower than it should be. “Energy and Utility companies need to shore up their servers to protect against SSL vulnerabilities,” the report says. “Companies in this sector are still vulnerable to Heartbleed (5.2%), Freak (40.5%) and Poodle (74.8%).”
