Exposure management shifts cybersecurity from reactive vulnerability patching to proactive risk reduction by focusing on exploitable threats that matter most to the business. It is built on four pillars: complete visibility across all assets, contextual prioritization of risks, adversary perspective to map attack paths, and continuous adaptation to evolving threats. Implementation requires scoping critical assets, prioritizing high-risk exposures, validating exploitability, and mobilizing cross-functional teams. This approach reduces noise, accelerates remediation, lowers operational risk, and strengthens ROI. Rapid7’s Exposure Command platform operationalizes this by mapping attack surfaces, scoring risk, and tracking remediation.

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