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Get the August 2025 Gartner® Report for Strategic Roadmap for Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

A report for CISOs to move beyond traditional vulnerability management and adopt a more dynamic CTEM program.

Expanding attack surfaces and growing volumes of vulnerabilities are straining security teams. Findings are scattered across siloed tools, pentest reports, and fragmented workflows, creating inconsistent risk views and operational bottlenecks. Without a unified approach, prioritization becomes inconsistent, slowing remediation and leaving organizations exposed.

To keep pace, CISOs must shift from vulnerability management to CTEM — an outcome-driven program that unifies vulnerability management, validates exposures in business context, and delivers clear, prioritized insights to accelerate risk reduction.

We believe this report provides security leaders with the insights needed to initiate and mature a CTEM program that aligns cybersecurity with business risk and drives enterprise-wide buy-in.

Inside, you’ll learn:

  • Key findings: Why validation, widespread business engagement, and outcome-driven reporting are essential for reducing cyber risk.
  • Strategic recommendations: How to scope, validate, and communicate exposure assessments across the business.
  • Future State Insights: Where more than half of exposure findings by 2028 are anticipated to come from.
  • Action plan: A migration roadmap to evolve your vulnerability management into a dynamic CTEM program.

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