The Collapsed Patch Window: Why Runtime Protection is Now Your First Line of Defense Against AI-Driven Attacks
Summary: Mandiant's 2026 M-Trends report puts the median disclosure-to-exploit window at minus seven days, meaning attackers weaponize flaws a week before public disclosure, while the average enterprise takes twenty days to test and deploy a patch. The article traces the mean time from disclosure to exploitation falling from 771 days in 2018 to ten months in 2021, 53 days in 2024, three weeks in 2025, and minus seven days in 2026.
Key Takeaway: A 27-day deficit between when exploitation starts and when your patch ships means a twenty-day remediation process loses before the race begins, and no realistic CI/CD improvement closes a gap where the live exploit precedes the CVE.
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