The KEV Illusion: Separating True Threats from Pretend-Critical Risks

How Should Enterprise Security Teams Actually Respond to CISA's KEV Alerts?

Most security teams treat every KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerability) alert as equally urgent, even when many don’t apply to their environment. This creates unnecessary workload, diverts resources from real threats, and burns out already overwhelmed security teams.

We analyzed 10 common KEV CVEs found across 200+ cloud environments. The results revealed a critical flaw in how we prioritize security: none posed actual risk to cloud containerized environments.

 

Read “The KEV Illusion” eBook to learn:
  • Why context determines criticality – not KEV listings
  • How to identify which vulnerabilities actually threaten YOUR environment
  • What we recommend security teams and CISA to change – and help the industry filter out considerable noise
  • What sugar has to do with all of this

 

Who Should Read This:
  • AppSec and DevSecOps professionals drowning in false alerts
  • Security engineers working in cloud-native environments
  • CISOs prioritizing limited resources
  • CISA and government teams seeking to improve vulnerability catalogs

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