Bottom line: Cybersecurity teams must reassess their patching strategies to prioritize exposure over traditional severity scores.
What's happening: A 25% increase in vulnerability disclosures in the last year, driven by the exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, has left defenders struggling to keep up with the pace of new vulnerabilities being discovered.
What to do: Security leaders should consider implementing a " patch-as-you-go" approach, using tools like Rapid7's vulnerability management platform to prioritize exposure over traditional severity scores.