For decades, organizations operated under the assumption that vulnerability management could be slotted into predictable maintenance windows – monthly patch cycles, quarterly review periods, and planned outages became the standard rhythm of IT operations. Yet, in today’s environment, where exploit code emerges within hours of a disclosure and attackers weaponize vulnerabilities on an industrial scale, those rhythms are dangerously outdated. The modern reality is that continuous patch management and end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle governance are the bare minimum. Real-Time Vulnerability Remediation