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Whether you’re the CISO or part of the incident response team, it\u2019s likely you have heard of exposure management (EM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduced by Gartner in 2022<\/a> as the evolution of vulnerability management (VM), the name \u201cexposure management\u201d was adopted by vendors faster than you can say \u201cnext gen\u201d or \u201cAI-powered\u201d. Unfortunately for consumers the hype added more confusion than clarity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog is a chance to reset expectations. First, the good news is that EM represents significant progress for reducing risk. Second, you are likely pursuing exposure management without realizing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Quick Recap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IT security team managers are well aware of elevated stress levels during incident response. Critical issues even more so \u2013 responding to a breach or ransomware attack requires CISO, CEO and board of director level involvement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resolving issues before they escalate, for instance identifying a website handling PII without a WAF<\/a> or an asset susceptible to HashiCorp Vault SSH CVE<\/a> is the ideal goal for everyone involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gartner\u2019s EM definition reads like a CISO\u2019s mission statement: \u201ca set of processes that gives enterprises the awareness to continually and consistently evaluate the visibility, accessibility and vulnerability of their digital assets.\u201d <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Busy IT security teams need more detail or risk misinterpreting what to do or how best to do it. If there\u2019s too much uncertainty, they may choose not to implement due to the time required to \u201cfigure it out\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this end, in 2024 Gartner added two sub-categories to EM: adversarial exposure validation (AEV) and exposure assessment platform (EAP). AEV focuses on testing attack paths, and EAP addresses vulnerability identification, assessment and prioritization. Together they form threat exposure management (TEM) and replaces the original \u201cexposure management\u201d terminology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Implementing TEM starts with continuous threat exposure management (CTEM<\/a>), a five-step program designed to operationalize the mission statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Six Signs You Need Threat Exposure Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you are frustrated by visibility and coverage challenges, and never-ending lists of issues that require manual reconnaissance, planning and revalidation, you aren\u2019t alone. Many organizations have issues coming in faster than they can be resolved. For example, our recent study <\/a>found 60% of surveyed organizations update web apps weekly or more often, yet 75% test their web apps monthly or less often: a clear disconnect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are six signs your organization would benefit from TEM:<\/p>\n\n\n\n