Beyond the Backlog: Why Vulnerability Management Is Failing

Discover how intelligent, automated risk reduction replaces endless findings with real, measurable security outcomes.
400 IT & security decision-makers surveyed
Independent research by ESG (Omdia)
Focused on real-world risk reduction

Finding More Vulnerabilities Isn’t Reducing Risk

Most vulnerability management programs are built on a broken assumption: that identifying more issues leads to better security. Instead, security teams are drowning in low-context findings, overloaded backlogs, and misaligned priorities—while real risk continues to grow.

The disconnect between vulnerability discovery and actual risk elimination has turned “find-and-fix” into a bottleneck, not a solution. As a result, security debt is rising faster than teams can manage it.

Research Insights

Based on a survey of 400 IT and cybersecurity decision-makers, this ebook explores why traditional approaches are failing, and what’s required to move beyond them.
Why vulnerability backlogs are growing despite increased tooling
How lack of context and automation undermines risk reduction
Where IT and security silos are actively increasing exposure
What intelligent, automated risk reduction looks like in practice
How runtime data enables real-time, enforceable protection

It’s Time to Move Beyond the Backlog

Download the ebook and learn how intelligent automation can finally close the gap between discovery and real risk reduction.