Posted on: April 15, 2025

Introducing PlexTrac for CTEM: Proactively Manage Exposure Risk

Gartner’s Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) framework is all the rage right now. Everyone’s talking about the need for continuous security testing and tossing around “CTEM” as the buzzword. But what is CTEM?

As described in our Conversational Continuous Threat Exposure Management eBook written by Derek A. Smith (CCISO, CISSP) and our founder, Dan DeCloss, CTEM is “methodical, ongoing process for identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and mitigating security threats and vulnerabilities within an organization’s environment. CTEM’s approach focuses on constant improvement and adaptation to the evolving threat landscape, ensuring that organizations maintain a persistent proactive stance against cyber threats.”

At PlexTrac, we have been diligently working to align our platform to Gartner’s vision for CTEM, which involves constantly exposing an organization’s networks, systems, and assets to simulated attacks to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses. The solution supports the five key stages of CTEM as defined by Gartner:

Scoping – Manage all assets in one place to gain full attack surface visibility and properly define assessment scope.
Discovery – Continuously collect and correlate security findings from automated tools, pentests, and security assessments.
Prioritization – Use custom risk-scoring models to rank vulnerabilities based on business impact and real-world exploitability.
Validation – Automate retesting workflows to confirm that remediated vulnerabilities are no longer exploitable.
Mobilization – Enable automated remediation workflows that integrate with existing security operations, accelerating response efforts.

Today, we’re proud to unveil PlexTrac for CTEM, a powerful expansion of the PlexTrac platform that empowers security teams to move beyond point-in-time assessments and adopt a truly continuous, risk-driven approach. PlexTrac for CTEM centralizes security data, prioritizes vulnerabilities based on business impact, and automates validation and remediation workflows, enabling organizations to streamline operations and stay ahead of the evolving threats.

Exposure Management for Comprehensive Threat Analysis

Aggregate findings and asset data from various scanning tools, manual pentesting, and security assessments into a single platform, providing a holistic view of an organization’s attack surface. For example, if you’re using Qualys, NodeZero, and BurpSuite, you can add all of the findings and asset data into PlexTrac.

With all of your assets and findings in one place, you can improve scoping, scheduling and collaboration across teams. It also enables you to communicate risk more effectively by viewing the total number of unique issues across all teams and functions in your organization.

Vulnerability Risk Prioritization Based on Business Impact

We all know how important it is to prioritize risks. Without a method to the madness, developers could waste time fixing flaws that aren’t significant while ignoring high-risk threats.

But relying on the CVSS alone is not enough. It’s crucial that you leverage a scoring equation that accounts for your unique business needs. With PlexTrac, you can leverage configurable risk scoring equations that automatically contextually prioritize vulnerabilities, whether discovered through automated tooling or manual testing engagements. Best of all? Our equations consider your business needs so security teams can take action on the most critical threats that pose the highest business risk.

Automated Remediation Orchestration With Rule-Based Workflows

Finding flaws is only half the battle; the other half is fixing. According to SC Media, it takes an average of 271 days to fix a vulnerability. That’s 271 days of exposure to a potential breach. At PlexTrac, we want to make it as easy and efficient as possible for developers to receive and fix flaws. That’s why we’ve added triggers to automate remediation actions—such as creating tickets in Jira or ServiceNow—when critical findings are detected.

Instead of using manual triage processes when a vulnerability is detected, with PlexTrac, you can automate repeatable workflows to speed mobilization and accountability, and reduce mean time to remediation (MTTR).

Continuous Validation & Threat Exposure Tracking

Just because developers are actively fixing flaws does not mean you’re in the clear. Retesting and continuously validating threat exposures is critical. With PlexTrac, you can adopt a proactive and continuous approach to managing threat exposures with centralized data management that enables ongoing vulnerability tracking, automates validation and retesting workflows, and streamlines remediation orchestration workflows.

Need to show your end stakeholders that your security program is yielding a positive return on investment? Leverage our powerful visualizations to drive fast, informed decisions and show progress.

PlexTrac Procedures: Framework-Based Reporting & Compliance Alignment

Do you have specific security frameworks that you’re looking to report against (e.g., CMMC, NIST)? PlexTrac’s new “Procedures” module supports compliance efforts by standardizing procedures across engagements and clearly communicating what testing has been performed.

You can create thematic areas of improvement to track and evaluate the effectiveness of procedures over time.

How PlexTrac for CTEM Supports MSSPs and Enterprise Security Teams

To stay ahead of today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, both enterprises and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) need more than just visibility—they need actionability. PlexTrac for CTEM delivers a comprehensive platform that unifies security teams, streamlines operations, and strengthens threat exposure management—all while helping you demonstrate measurable improvements in security posture.

For enterprise security teams, PlexTrac helps shift from reactive, periodic assessments to a proactive, continuous approach. By centralizing security data, contextually prioritizing risk, and automating remediation workflows, teams can manage the full CTEM lifecycle more efficiently—cutting through noise and focusing on what matters most.

For MSSPs, PlexTrac makes it easier to differentiate your services in a competitive market. Go beyond traditional pentest and offensive security reports by delivering continuous, risk-based exposure management. Help your clients prioritize what to fix, show progress over time, and stay ahead of emerging threats with real, actionable insight.

Interested in Learning More?

Meet PlexTrac at RSA Conference 2025

PlexTrac will be showcasing PlexTrac for CTEM live at the RSA Conference in San Francisco from April 28 to May 1. Visit us at Booth #2349 to see how you can take a continuous, proactive approach to threat exposure management. To request a demo and score exclusive swag, register today.

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