The patch window is collapsing: Why security needs a new control plane

For decades, cybersecurity defenders have relied on a relatively straightforward model: a vulnerability is disclosed, security teams assess exposure, test available fixes, deploy patches into production, and ultimately close the risk before attackers can exploit it at scale.

That model increasingly reflects a world that no longer exists.

Today’s enterprises operate thousands of interconnected workloads across hybrid and multicloud environments. Mission-critical applications power revenue-generating services, customer experiences, and core business operations that cannot simply be taken offline whenever a security update becomes available.

At the same time, vulnerabilities are becoming more visible, more widely distributed, and more rapidly weaponized than ever before.