Forbes August 30, 2025
The traditional model of vulnerability management—scan, wait, patch—was built for a world that no longer exists. Today’s adversaries move at machine speed, automating reconnaissance and exploiting exposures within hours of disclosure.
In this environment the bottleneck isn’t finding vulnerabilities, it’s fixing them fast. Most organizations detect thousands of vulnerabilities every month but only a fraction are remediated before attackers take advantage.
From Reactive Defense to Preemptive Exposure Management
That reality isn’t new. At the same time, the impact of it has more serious implications as threat actors embrace AI-based tools that accelerate the pace and scale of attacks. I reached out to some industry experts to get some insight on what it will take to close the exposure gap and...







