41% of Attacks Bypass Defenses: Adversarial Exposure Validation Fixes That

Your security tools say everything’s fine, but attackers still get through. Despite years of investment in firewalls, endpoint protection, SIEMs, and other layered defenses, most organizations still face a disturbing truth: according to recent research by Picus Security, only 59% of threats are stopped by their security controls. That means 41% of attacks successfully bypass defenses. And the real damage often starts where visibility ends. 40% of enterprise environments have attack paths that lead to domain administrator compromise, hidden routes that attackers could exploit right now. Even worse, these blind spots often go unnoticed until it's too late. Traditional indicators like zero incidents or clean scan results can create a false sense of security. But attackers don’t care what your dashboards say. They care about what they can exploit. So the question is no longer “Do I have security tools in place?” It's: “How do I know they’re working, right now?” What’s Missing from Cu ... Read full article.