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FAIL // HALL OF SHAME
2364 players ranked

Security failures of FedRAMP vendors, their competitors, and the hardware they ship — ranked by zero-days, RCE, active exploitation, sheer embarrassment, and False-Claims-Act recoveries. A dex.sgc.ai RAG curator writes each event's summary and scores how avoidable it was; every name links to its dossier.

☣ Most embarrassing
Ranked by how avoidable and reputation-shredding their worst failure was — the dex curator's grounded 0–100 verdict.
01
Adobe FEDRAMP company
◐ 2 ⚡ 66 ⌖ 80 ☣ 10 shame 95
95shame
02
Oracle FEDRAMP company
⚡ 34 ⌖ 45 ☣ 13 shame 95
95shame
03
Microsoft FEDRAMP company
◐ 7 ⚡ 244 ⌖ 383 ☣ 104 shame 95
95shame
04
Citrix FEDRAMP company
◐ 2 ⚡ 13 ⌖ 22 ☣ 7 shame 95
95shame
05
Ivanti FEDRAMP company
◐ 3 ⚡ 24 ⌖ 35 ☣ 12 shame 90
90shame
06
VMware, Inc. FEDRAMP company
⚡ 15 ⌖ 26 ☣ 9 shame 90
90shame
◐ Most zero-days
Vulnerabilities exploited before a patch existed — the worst kind to ship.
01
Microsoft FEDRAMP company
◐ 7 ⚡ 244 ⌖ 383 ☣ 104 shame 95
70-days
02
Ivanti FEDRAMP company
◐ 3 ⚡ 24 ⌖ 35 ☣ 12 shame 90
30-days
03
Adobe FEDRAMP company
◐ 2 ⚡ 66 ⌖ 80 ☣ 10 shame 95
20-days
04
Cisco Systems Inc. FEDRAMP company
◐ 2 ⚡ 49 ⌖ 96 ☣ 6 shame 90
20-days
05
Citrix FEDRAMP company
◐ 2 ⚡ 13 ⌖ 22 ☣ 7 shame 95
20-days
06
Google FEDRAMP company
◐ 1 ⚡ 41 ⌖ 72 shame 85
10-days
⚡ Most RCEs
Remote/arbitrary code-execution flaws — full-compromise class bugs.
01
Microsoft FEDRAMP company
◐ 7 ⚡ 244 ⌖ 383 ☣ 104 shame 95
244RCEs
02
Adobe FEDRAMP company
◐ 2 ⚡ 66 ⌖ 80 ☣ 10 shame 95
66RCEs
03
Cisco Systems Inc. FEDRAMP company
◐ 2 ⚡ 49 ⌖ 96 ☣ 6 shame 90
49RCEs
04
Google FEDRAMP company
◐ 1 ⚡ 41 ⌖ 72 shame 85
41RCEs
05
Oracle FEDRAMP company
⚡ 34 ⌖ 45 ☣ 13 shame 95
34RCEs
06
Ivanti FEDRAMP company
◐ 3 ⚡ 24 ⌖ 35 ☣ 12 shame 90
24RCEs
⌖ Most exploited
Count of their CVEs on CISA's Known-Exploited-Vulnerabilities catalog — actively used against defenders.
01
Microsoft FEDRAMP company
◐ 7 ⚡ 244 ⌖ 383 ☣ 104 shame 95
383on KEV
02
Cisco Systems Inc. FEDRAMP company
◐ 2 ⚡ 49 ⌖ 96 ☣ 6 shame 90
96on KEV
03
Adobe FEDRAMP company
◐ 2 ⚡ 66 ⌖ 80 ☣ 10 shame 95
80on KEV
04
Google FEDRAMP company
◐ 1 ⚡ 41 ⌖ 72 shame 85
72on KEV
05
Oracle FEDRAMP company
⚡ 34 ⌖ 45 ☣ 13 shame 95
45on KEV
06
Ivanti FEDRAMP company
◐ 3 ⚡ 24 ⌖ 35 ☣ 12 shame 90
35on KEV
⚖ Biggest FCA recoveries
Dollars recovered from contractors who misrepresented their cybersecurity — DOJ Civil Cyber-Fraud settlements.
01
Hill ASC Inc. company
shame 40
$14.75M
02
Guidehouse Inc. company
shame 40
$11.30M
03
Associates company
shame 40
$11.30M
04
Nan McKay company
shame 40
$11.30M
05
Centene company
shame 40
$11.25M
06
shame 40
$11.25M