Most CTEM programs measure exposure. Few reveal how the business would actually be compromised.

 

As defence and offence move to machine speed, risk decisions are still driven by simulations, control coverage, and theoretical exploitability, approaches that struggle to reflect how real attacks succeed. Credential abuse, lateral movement, and operational context remain the industry’s most persistent blind spots.

 

In this session, Horizon3.ai VP EMEA Keith Poyser reframes CTEM through the attacker’s lens, arguing that validating risk in production, at scale, is essential to separating signal from noise and replacing probability with proof.

 

The outcome? Clearer prioritisation, validated remediation, and risk data that stands up in the boardroom, enabling measurable, business-level risk reduction.

 

CTEM doesn’t fail because it lacks data. It fails when it lacks truth.