1、The 2026 Exposure Gap ReportThe 2026 Exposure Gap Report 2TABLE OFCONTENTSExecutive SummaryWhy is there an Exposure Gap?ExposurePrioritizationConclusion:Exposure&Remediation ProfileAppendixContact Us37816272932The 2026 Exposure Gap Report 3EXECUTIVESUMMARYAttackers are moving faster across a larger
2、and more complex exposure surface.In 2026,vulnerabilities more than doubled as a share of critical exposures,rising from 18.7%to 42.6%,while phishing website exposure grew from 1.0%to 10.5%.As automation and AI-assisted tools accelerate testing across systems,credentials,phishing infrastructure,and
3、known weaknesses,traditional patch cycles and manual triage are struggling to keep pace.This is the exposure gap:the distance between visibility,prioritization,and safe remediation.That gap is why exposure management cannot stop at visibility.As vulnerability-related risk grows,teams need a way to s
4、eparate urgent,exploitable issues from the broader alert population.Across the analyzed vulnerability alert population,only 7.8%warranted Critical or High attention after exploitability validation.More than 90%did not require the same immediate remediation focus.This is the value of Exposure Managem
5、ent:reducing a large alert population into a smaller,validated set of exploitable issues that security teams can prioritize with confidence.Check Point Exposure Management helps close this gap by connecting discovery,evidence-based prioritization,exploitability validation,control assessment,and safe
6、 remediation in one workflow.The report shows faster remediation is achievable:Utilities led one-hour remediation at 30.0%,followed by Financial Services at 23.1%,Government at 14.3%,and Healthcare at 7.7%.Across the four industries,organizations acted on 85.9%of recommended fixes on average.Exposur