Post by Tanium

Only 47% of organizations use prioritization algorithms to decide what to remediate first. The rest are making high-stakes decisions with CVSS scores that don't reflect their actual environment — and wondering why remediation never catches up. This IDC PeerScape interviewed security leaders around the world to understand what separates programs making measurable progress from those stuck in reactive mode. A few things showed up consistently: ✅ Asset ownership delays are a hidden driver of mean time to patch ✅ "Attack surface reduction, not elimination" is the framing that changes what gets prioritized ✅ When exposure data reaches senior managers by department, remediation rates go up These aren't aspirational best practices. They're documented behaviors from organizations managing exposure at scale, with constrained resources. The full IDC PeerScape is nine pages and free to access: https://bit.ly/4dBgHOl