Forbes February 4, 2025
Organizations have more visibility into cloud cybersecurity risks today than ever before. Security tools continuously detect vulnerabilities, flag misconfigurations, and generate detailed threat intelligence. Yet, despite this unprecedented awareness, most cloud security incidents still stem from known risks.
The ZEST Cloud Risk Exposure Impact Report 2025 delivers a striking revelation: 62% of incidents originate from vulnerabilities that security teams had already identified but failed to remediate. The fundamental issue isn’t detection—it’s execution. Security professionals are aware of the threats, but they struggle to close the loop before attackers strike.
“In my experience leading incident response teams, I’ve found that in nearly every case, the vulnerability or misconfiguration used to gain initial access was something the security team already knew about,”...