Beyond the Vulnerability Apocalypse: Scaling Your Basics and Vulnerability Management

AI has dramatically lowered the cost and increased the speed of discovering software vulnerabilities, creating a "vulnerability apocalypse" where exploitation can outpace traditional patching. The author urges organizations to double down on fundamentals at machine speed—SEE (map assets and observability), DECIDE (prioritize by real exploitability), CONTAIN (segmentation, least privilege, root-cause fixes), and RUN (continuous, governed automation with human review)—rather than relying solely on AI tools.