CTEM

What CTEM Is

CTEM is a continuous decision-making discipline that identifies, prioritizes, and tracks security exposures based on real-world risk, not theoretical severity.

CTEM answers:
“Given what we have and how it’s exposed, what matters most right now?”

CTEM turns static vulnerability management into a living risk program.

Where CTEM Operates

CTEM operates in:

ServiceNow SecOps (vulnerability, incident, response)
ServiceNow IRM (risk scenarios, KRIs, reporting)

It consumes intelligence from CAASM and feeds enforcement into USEM.

How CTEM Works (Program Mechanics)

Exposure Aggregation

Vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, identity risk, and AI risk are aggregated.

Risk-Based Prioritization

Exposures are ranked by business impact, not CVSS alone.

Action Orchestration

CTEM drives remediation workflows into IT, OT, cloud, and identity teams.

Contextual Correlation

Exposure is correlated with:

Asset criticality (from CAASM)
Identity access paths (from Veza)
AI risk classification (from AI Control Tower)
Threat intelligence and exploitability

Outcome Measurement

Risk reduction is measured over time - not just ticket closure.

Why CTEM Is Required

Traditional vulnerability management fails because:

It treats all assets equally
It cannot explain risk to executives
It overwhelms teams with noise
It ignores identity and AI risk

CTEM aligns security effort with business reality.

Ethics & Responsible Use

CTEM ethics emphasize:Avoiding “security theater”

Avoiding “security theater”
Preventing burnout through intelligent prioritization
Preventing bias in risk scoring
Ensuring AI-driven prioritization is explainable and auditable

CTEM supports ethical security operations by focusing on meaningful risk reduction, not metrics inflation.

Framework & Regulatory Alignment

CTEM aligns with:

NIST CSF 2.0 - Continuous risk management
NIST SP 800-53 - RA, SI, IR controls
NIST AI RMF - Risk measurement and monitoring
ISO 27001 - Risk treatment lifecycle
SEC Cyber Disclosure Rules - Material risk tracking
Cyber Insurance Underwriting - Exposure-based reporting

ROI & Business Value

CTEM delivers ROI by:

Reducing MTTR
Cutting vulnerability backlogs by focusing on what matters
Improving executive trust in security metrics
Reducing breach likelihood

CAASM is the highest-leverage investment in cybersecurity - it multiplies the value of every control that follows.

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Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

What CTEM Is

Where CTEM Operates