Continuous Exposure Management
Continuous Exposure Management (CEM) is a cybersecurity approach that provides continuous, real-time monitoring, assessment, and prioritization of an organization’s security vulnerabilities and exposures. CEM focuses on identifying and mitigating risks by analyzing attack paths and providing recommendations, ensuring organizations maintain a resilient cybersecurity posture.
Overview
[edit]CEM platforms enable organizations to detect and remediate cybersecurity exposures, such as vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and weak credentials, across their entire ecosystem, including on-premises, cloud environments, and hybrid infrastructures. By simulating potential attack scenarios and mapping attack paths, these platforms help organizations understand how exposures could be exploited and which ones pose the greatest risk to critical assets.[1][2]
The XM Cyber Continuous Exposure Management platform, for example, integrates automated attack path mapping and contextual risk analysis, allowing security teams to prioritize remediation efforts effectively.[3] In 2023, the platform uncovered over 40 million exposures affecting 11.5 million critical business entities.[4]
As cyber threats evolve, CEM platforms are becoming indispensable for modern enterprises. According to Gartner, organizations implementing continuous exposure management are three times less likely to experience a breach by 2026.[5][6]
Key features
[edit]CEM platforms are designed to address the dynamic nature of cybersecurity risks through the following features:[7]
- Attack Path Simulation: Continuously maps attack paths to critical assets, highlighting exploitable exposuress and chokepoints.
- Risk Prioritization: Focuses on exposures with the highest impact on critical assets, ensuring efficient allocation of resources.
- Remediation Guidance: Provides clear, actionable recommendations to resolve exposures and strengthen defenses.
- Integration with Existing Tools: Seamlessly works with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), ticketing, and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) systems.
- Real-time Monitoring: Offers continuous visibility into exposures, ensuring that new ones are quickly identified and addressed.
References
[edit]- ^ "Top 5 Customer Experience Management Software Platforms (CEM Software)". CustomerGauge. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ Chawla, Aarti (2023-08-22). "Top Customer Experience Management (CEM) Tools". Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ "XM Cyber – Witz Cybersecurity". Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ "XM Cyber Continuous Exposure Management Platform" (PDF). Witz Cybersecurity. XM Cyber. May 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Integrity360 launches Managed ASM to address complex attack surfaces and strengthen cyber resilience - Irish Tech News". 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ "Shield Cyber | Continuous Exposure Management". www.shieldcyber.io. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ "The 2024 State of Exposure Management". library.cyentia.com. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2025-06-13.