Forget mean time to patch. Start measuring time to answer.

Cloudflare's implementation of Mythos has revealed a critical flaw in traditional vulnerability triage models by demonstrating how low-severity vulnerabilities can be chained together into significant exploits, challenging the reliance on severity scores alone. With the mean time to exploit now at negative seven days, security teams must prioritize the speed at which they can determine their exposure to vulnerabilities over merely patching them. The old model of prioritizing vulnerabilities based on severity scores is outdated, as it fails to account for interconnected threats and real exposure risks. Instead, security teams need a comprehensive assessment approach that evaluates whether they are using the affected software, the environment's exposure level, the exploit's requirements, and existing compensating controls. The Tines App addresses this need by aggregating and normalizing data across various systems, providing a dynamic, customized dashboard to assess exposure efficiently. This shift from focusing on patching speed to time to answer ensures that security responses are informed by the actual threat landscape rather than incomplete severity assessments, allowing teams to stay ahead of rapidly weaponized vulnerabilities.

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