The CVE clock starts before disclosure
The average CVE is now exploited before it’s disclosed. Most security vendors still take days after disclosure to offer protection.
Frontier AI is helping attackers accelerate vulnerability research and exploit development, while remediation schedules remain unchanged. The time available to reduce exposure has collapsed.
Time-to-patch measures when vulnerable software is remediated. Time-to-protection measures when effective controls begin reducing exposure.
This eBook looks at how security teams can reduce exposure before patching is complete, and how Cato moves protection from days to minutes in tested workflows.
What’s covered:
The exposure gap: Understand the operational and architectural constraints that can extend exposure while remediation continues
Earlier protection: How validated protection can reduce exposure while patching continues
Readiness assessment: Pressure-test discovery, relevance, validation, delivery, and coverage across your environment
Board-level measurement: Executive visibility into time-to-protection alongside time-to-patch for critical exposure events
Cato Agentic CVE Mitigation: How Cato accelerates the path from new CVE intelligence to validated, cloud-delivered protection
