In this Help Net Security interview, Sanaz Yashar, CEO at Zafran, discusses the role of threat exposure management (TEM) in modern cybersecurity strategies.
As traditional vulnerability management evolves, TEM addresses the overwhelming risks arising from expanded attack surfaces and fragmented security tools. The proactive TEM approach prioritizes risks and integrates seamlessly with existing security tools, enabling organizations to mitigate threats before they can be exploited effectively.
Why has Threat Exposure Management (TEM) become critical in modern cybersecurity strategies?
Fairly, I would call it “the Crack finder”. Threat exposure management is the evolution of traditional vulnerability management. Several trends are making it a priority for modern security teams.
1. An increase in findings that overwhelm resource-constrained teams
2. As the attack surface expands to cloud and applications, the volume of findings is compounded by more fragmentation. Cloud, on-prem, and AppSec vulnerabilities come from different tools. Identity misconfigurations from other tools.
3. This leads to enormous manual work to centralize, deduplicate, and prioritize findings…
