According to Gartner, through 2026, over 40% of organizations will rely on consolidated platforms or managed service providers for cybersecurity validation assessments. Many security teams currently use isolated approaches focused more on threat type and severity than on actual organizational impact. This reactive strategy doesn’t effectively manage the complexities of an ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape and is unsustainable for effective exposure management.

Security and risk management leaders should use this Strategic Roadmap to pivot from traditional technology vulnerability management to a broader, more dynamic continuous threat and exposure management practice.

Our key takeaways from the report are:

• Prioritize early engagement and business integration
• Implement Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
• Validate and prioritize threats effectively