The Exploitability Intelligence Gap: What Security Teams Can Know Before CISA KEV

In this webinar, featuring Nucleus CEO and co-founder, Steve Carter, along with Senior Director of Product Marketing, Tally Netzer, we explore the growing challenge security teams face as attackers move faster than traditional vulnerability management workflows can respond.

Drawing from six months of original research and real-world vulnerability analysis, we examine the widening “Exploitability Intelligence Gap,” the period between when attackers gain enough intelligence to weaponize a vulnerability and when defenders typically begin prioritizing remediation efforts.

Exploring Emerging Exploitability Signals and More

During the session, Steve and Tally break down how exploitability signals emerge long before official confirmation of active exploitation. The discussion highlights the public indicators attackers increasingly rely on, including patch releases, open-source commits, proof-of-concept code publication, and disclosure activity that can reveal operational opportunities days or even weeks before vulnerabilities are added to known exploited vulnerability catalogs.

Viewers will gain insight into how modern attackers identify and prioritize targets, why reactive vulnerability management approaches are struggling to keep pace, and how organizations can shift toward earlier, intelligence-driven prioritization strategies.

The webinar also walks through real-world vulnerability timelines and case studies that demonstrate how exploitability indicators evolve over time and how defenders can use those signals to reduce exposure before attacks become widespread.

The session concludes with practical guidance for improving vulnerability prioritization, incorporating exploitability intelligence into remediation workflows, and building a more proactive exposure management program capable of responding to today’s accelerated threat landscape.