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The University of Sydney Page 272. Disclosure of vulnerabilities enables strengthening information and data security. Discuss.–Once a vulnerability is identified, disclosing it will increase the chance of finding a solution in a shorter time–Organizations will find ways to mitigate the vulnerability until a proper solution is found/implemented–One may think that disclosing a vulnerability may allow attackers to exploit it before finding a solution. But, history of such security incidents have revealed otherwise.–Amount of gain a hacker can get from exploiting a known vulnerability is lower.