Operationalizing a Risk-driven Continuous Threat Exposure Management Program

This white paper presents the Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) framework developed by Gartner®, aimed at helping organizations enhance their maturity in managing cyber exposure risks. It outlines the five phases of exposure management: scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization. The document discusses the challenges organizations face in identifying and mitigating cyber risks, particularly with the increasing complexity of the attack surface that includes IT, cloud, and IoT assets. It emphasizes the importance of comprehensive asset visibility and effective collaboration between security and remediation teams. The paper also details how Armis technologies, specifically the Armis Centrix™ platform, can support the operationalization of CTEM by providing capabilities for asset discovery, exposure assessment, and risk prioritization. Furthermore, it explains how the platform enables organizations to maintain operational resilience while proactively minimizing their attack surface through early warning systems and ongoing transparency in remediation efforts.