My Journey Through CTEM: What Actually Works (And What Doesn't)
I've been thinking a lot about Continuous Threat Exposure Management lately, especially after watching several organizations stumble through their implementations over the past few years. The reactive security model feels increasingly outdated, doesn't it? Like bringing a sword to a gunfight. But here's what I've learned through both successes and spectacular failures: just throwing money at CTEM tools won't magically transform your security posture. The cybersecurity industry loves its acronyms and buzzwords. SIEM, SOAR, XDR, and now CTEM. Sometimes I wonder if we're solving real problems or just creating new categories for vendors to sell into. But after observing (and sometimes painfully participating in) various CTEM rollouts across different industries, I've come to believe this approach actually addresses something fundamental that's been missing from our security strategies. The shift from periodic assessments to continuous monitoring repr...