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Gartner report urges outcome-based security priorities as AI speeds up attacks

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is promoting a report, Mythos Reprioritizes Cybersecurity Outcomes and Investments, which says frontier AI models such as Claude Mythos Preview shorten the gap between theoretical weaknesses and executable attack scenarios. Gartner recommends measuring speed of decision, response effectiveness and reduction in enterprise risk, using metrics such as attack path analysis coverage, patching cadence and mean time to remediate, and using attack path analysis to prioritise patches, virtual patches and compensating controls.

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  1. Consider using attack path analysis to prioritise patches, virtual patches and compensating controls, as Gartner recommends.
  2. Review whether your security metrics track risk reduction and response speed rather than only vulnerability counts and backlog size.

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