Each year seems to be a banner one for vulnerabilities. CVE submissions climb, the share of attackers exploiting software flaws ticks up, and zero-day threats plague even well-defended organizations.

In 2023, blockbuster vulnerabilities like the MOVEit flaw enabled ransomware cybercriminals to tear through vital sectors many of us rely on — healthcare, financial services, even the federal government. The established paradigm in cybersecurity is to stop assuming that a breach might happen and start assuming one will occur at some point.

Regardless of your security posture and maturity, understanding your attack surface and how critical vulnerabilities could leave gaps in your defenses allows you to 1) get ahead of the attacker, 2) work proactively, and 3) ensure the core business is protected from a major disruption.