In this podcast, we dive into Gartner's Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) framework—a comprehensive process designed to tackle vulnerabilities and exposures beyond traditional vulnerability management. We break down the five key stages of CTEM: Scoping, Discovery, Prioritization, Validation, and Mobilization, exploring how each stage drives a more proactive and robust approach to threat management.

Throughout the discussion, we emphasize the critical role of collaboration between IT and Security teams, which is essential to make CTEM a success. We also highlight the major benefits a CTEM program can bring: more effective threat prioritization, actionable insights, proactive risk mitigation, enhanced cyber resilience, and a stronger alignment between security strategies and business objectives.

The episode also addresses common challenges organizations face in adopting CTEM, offering practical solutions to overcome them. Finally, we look at how XM Cyber’s approach to continuous exposure management supports each CTEM stage, showing how their platform makes it easier for companies to implement and benefit from this advanced framework.