What Executives Should Demand from Vulnerability Prioritization
A credible program must explain why an exposure matters, who owns the response, what uncertainty remains, and whether the decision reduced material risk.

A credible program must explain why an exposure matters, who owns the response, what uncertainty remains, and whether the decision reduced material risk.

EPSS becomes useful when thresholds reflect risk appetite, remediation capacity, and business context—and when the program measures what those thresholds actually capture.

CVSS can describe severity, EPSS can estimate exploitation likelihood, and SSVC can structure response. Leadership still has to connect those signals to business exposure and accountable action.
