Gartner Report: The Attack Path is Closing Faster than Most Teams Can Patch
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- A Gartner report highlights that the time available for teams to address vulnerabilities before they are exploited is shrinking due to advancements in frontier AI, making it faster and cheaper to link weaknesses with potential business impacts.
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Gartner Report: The Attack Path is Closing Faster than Most Teams Can Patch
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Gartner Report: The Attack Path is Closing Faster than Most Teams Can Patch
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The harder problem is deciding which issues create a credible path to business impact, then acting before that path can be used. As frontier AI makes it faster and less expensive to connect weaknesses, operational assumptions, and legitimate system behaviour, that decision window is becoming even tighter. The Gartner® report, Mythos Reprioritizes Cybersecurity Outcomes and Investments, examines what this shift means for cybersecurity priorities and investment.