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5 Steps to Move Beyond Vulnerability Discovery to Risk

Remediation

By Chaz Spahn, Director of Product Management at Adaptiva

Vulnerabilities are growing rapidly in both volume and complexity. One recent article shows the National
Vulnerability Database (NVD) continues to struggle to keep up with last year’s unprecedented surge in
reported vulnerabilities. Yet, despite cybersecurity teams detecting more issues than ever, breaches
continue to slip through the cracks. Why? Because identifying vulnerabilities isn’t a magic fix – it’s only
half the battle.

Threat actors are exploiting known vulnerabilities that organizations fail to remediate. According to the
CSA’s latest Annual Report on Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities, threat actors are most successful
within the first two years after a vulnerability is publicly disclosed. After all, in cybersecurity, failing to
promptly address problems is like having a state-of-the-art alarm system that never rings when it should.

Here’s what to know to move beyond vulnerability discovery to risk remediation:

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