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title: "What is Continuous Threat Exposure Management?"
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### **Continuous Threat Exposure Management** (CTEM) is **an emerging cybersecurity discipline that identifies and manages the risks presented by internet-facing assets and systems**. CTEM refers to the processes and technology necessary to discover assets and effectively manage the vulnerabilities of those assets, using prioritization, Validation, and Mobilization.


<u>**Why is Continuous Threat Exposure Management so important?**</u>

Continuous Threat Exposure Management is important because it helps to prevent and mitigate risks from:

- Legacy and shadow IT assets
- Human mistakes and omissions such as phishing and data leaks.
- Vulnerable and outdated software
- Unknown open-source software (OSS)
- Large-scale attacks on your industry
- Targeted cyber-attacks on your organization
- Intellectual property infringement
- IT inherited from M&A activities
- Vendor managed assets


Read our blog to learn more:

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