In Security Boulevard, Tyler Reguly explains why the goal of patching every vulnerability is not just unrealistic but counterproductive. Drawing on more than two decades in vulnerability management, he argues that security teams need to stop chasing raw CVE counts and instead focus on risk, context, and asset intelligence to decide what truly matters.
Originally published in Security Boulevard.
Excerpt: "No organization, no matter how well funded or well intentioned, will ever be able to fix every vulnerability. The real challenge is not how to patch faster. It is how to decide what not to patch." - Tyler Reguly, Associate Director, Security R&D at Fortra