
Vulnerability Remediation SLAs: Prioritise Risk, Not Just Dates
Fixing vulnerabilities by deadline alone wastes resources on low-risk issues while leaving critical systems exposed to active exploitation.
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Fixing vulnerabilities by deadline alone wastes resources on low-risk issues while leaving critical systems exposed to active exploitation.

The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog mandates remediation within 120 days of publication, not discovery, creating a fixed window for all organisations.

Most organisations fail not because they miss vulnerabilities, but because they lose track of fixes, allowing known risks to persist indefinitely.

The EPSS score separates the noise of thousands of vulnerabilities from the few that attackers actually exploit in the wild, allowing you to prioritise remediation based on real-world threat behaviour rather than theoretical severity.

An SBOM reveals the hidden supply chain depth of your software, exposing third-party risks that signature-based scanners miss entirely during deployment.

Emergency patching often fails because organisations treat speed as the only metric, ignoring the structural risks of bypassing standard validation and rollback procedures.