“Traditional vulnerability management is no longer sufficient,” said Brjann Brekkan, Microsoft’s director of product marketing  for security posture and exposure management, in a statement shared with CSOonline. “While patching every potential weakness might seem like a solution, it’s neither practical nor effective. Instead, modern security strategies must focus on the exposures that are easiest for attackers to exploit, prioritizing vulnerabilities that present the greatest risk.”

Microsoft released a public preview of Security Exposure Management earlier this year and it has since been tried out by more than 70,000 Microsoft customers for protecting critical entities, according to Vasu Jakkal, the company’s corporate vice president of Security.

The key offerings of the suite include attack surface management, attack path analysis, and unified exposure insights. “Exposure Management helps security teams understand the true topography of their attack surface, enabling them to prevent or minimise threats more effectively,” Jakkal added.