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Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) prioritization and validation

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Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is a cybersecurity approach that emphasizes prioritization and validation of threats. Unlike traditional vulnerability management, which struggles with the sheer volume of alerts and false positives, CTEM focuses on identifying and addressing the most critical exposures that pose real risks to an organization. This approach involves ranking vulnerabilities based on actual business impact and validating them against the specific environment to ensure that defenses are effective. CTEM is designed to address the limitations of traditional methods by incorporating adversarial exposure validation (AEV) technologies. These technologies, including Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) and Automated Penetration Testing, help security teams understand which vulnerabilities are exploitable and how effective their current defenses are. By continuously validating exposures, organizations can shift from a reactive to a proactive security posture, focusing on what truly matters. The Picus BAS Summit 2025 will highlight the role of BAS and AI in shaping the future of security validation, providing insights from industry leaders and practitioners.

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  1. 25.09.2025 14:49 1 articles · 4h ago

    Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) introduced to prioritize and validate cybersecurity threats

    Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is a new approach to cybersecurity that emphasizes prioritization and validation of threats. Unlike traditional vulnerability management, CTEM focuses on identifying and addressing the most critical exposures that pose real risks to an organization. This approach involves ranking vulnerabilities based on actual business impact and validating them against the specific environment to ensure that defenses are effective. CTEM is designed to address the limitations of traditional methods by incorporating adversarial exposure validation (AEV) technologies. These technologies, including Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) and Automated Penetration Testing, help security teams understand which vulnerabilities are exploitable and how effective their current defenses are. By continuously validating exposures, organizations can shift from a reactive to a proactive security posture, focusing on what truly matters. The Picus BAS Summit 2025 will highlight the role of BAS and AI in shaping the future of security validation, providing insights from industry leaders and practitioners.

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  • Over 40,000 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) are reported annually.

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  • Approximately 61% of CVEs are labeled as 'critical' by scoring systems like CVSS and EPSS.

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  • Only around 10% of real-world vulnerabilities are truly critical when considering existing security controls.

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  • CTEM prioritizes exposures based on real business impact rather than abstract severity scores.

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  • Validation in CTEM involves pressure-testing prioritized exposures against the specific environment.

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  • By 2028, more than half of exposures will stem from nontechnical weaknesses like misconfigured SaaS apps, leaked credentials, and human error.

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  • Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) technologies include Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) and Automated Penetration Testing.

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  • BAS continuously simulates and emulates adversarial techniques to verify security controls.

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  • Automated Penetration Testing chains vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to expose complex attack paths.

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  • The Picus BAS Summit 2025 will discuss the future of security validation through BAS and AI.

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