<![CDATA[(hackerone.com) Exposure Debt: The Growing Gap Between Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation in the AI Era]]>(hackerone.com) Exposure Debt: The Growing Gap Between Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation in the AI Era

In brief - AI-driven vulnerability discovery has surged 76% YoY, but remediation capacity lags, creating a 21x backlog growth in unresolved vulnerabilities. Critical-severity backlogs increased 25x, with resolution rates dropping below 40%. Exposure debt is widening as MTTR improvements fail to offset discovery velocity, increasing breach risk.

Technically - HackerOne data shows a 76% rise in submissions due to AI-assisted discovery, while resolution rates fell 46% despite an 80% MTTR improvement. Critical vulnerabilities now face a 25x backlog, with resolution rates plummeting from 83% to <40%. The misalignment between discovery velocity and remediation capacity demands AI-driven solutions for fix generation, automated regression testing, and scalable workflows to close the gap.

Source: https://www.hackerone.com/blog/finding-fast-fixing-slow-rising-exposure-debt

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