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Gartner® on Mastering Exposure Management: The Next Evolution of Vulnerability Management

Building an Effective Threat Exposure Management Program

The Path Beyond Vulnerability Management

In its latest report, Gartner® highlights the urgent need to move beyond traditional vulnerability management practices. Security operations managers must transition to a comprehensive exposure management approach to scope and remediate exposures more effectively.

Gartner’s insights emphasize the importance of:

  • Adding business context to exposure management activities to improve leadership engagement.
  • Enhancing discovery to include cloud and digital assets, keeping up with rapid digital evolution.
  • Prioritizing and validating actively exploited exposures to reduce risk effectively.
  • Designing clear, predefined processes for mobilizing fixes across teams.

Download the Gartner® 2024 report, How to Grow Vulnerability Management Into Exposure Management, to learn how to scope, remediate, and reduce exposure more effectively.


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Gartner, How to Grow Vulnerability Management Into Exposure Management, Mitchell Schneider, Jeremy D’Hoinne, Jonathan Nunez, Craig Lawson, 8 November 2024

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What is Exposure Management, and how does it differ from Vulnerability Management?

Exposure management goes beyond creating vulnerability lists. It adds critical business context, like asset value and risk impact, and emphasizes reducing exposures holistically across an organization’s attack surface.

What other Gartner reports do you offer?

We also offer the 2024 Gartner® Hype Cycle for Security Operations. You can download it for free.

How can I find out more about exposure management?

Explore our comprehensive resources on exposure management here.

Gartner® on Mastering Exposure Management The Next Evolution of Vulnerability Management

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