A Vulnerability Is Not an Exposure
A vulnerable condition may remain unchanged for years. An exposure changes with the environment and with the attacker’s capabilities.
Yury Butuzov
Independent research on Exposure Management, NGFW evolution and security architecture. Based on public sources only.
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The Anatomy of Exposure: Why the Market Cannot Agree on What Counts as One
Two exposure-management tools can examine the same environment and return very different numbers. That does not necessarily mean that either is wrong.
Part 3. Security Forecast 2026–2028: Same Market, Two Different Maps
Large platforms are moving into AI. Specialists are moving into Exposure. The gap matters more than the ranking. 0. Introduction Ten of the eleven public security vendors I tracked moved into AI Secur
Part 2: NGFW Vendor Moves as Signals of an Architectural Shift
In 2024–2025 alone, the major vendors covered in this analysis committed tens of billions of dollars to acquisitions — and almost none of that capital was aimed at building a better firewall. It went
Part 1: The Evolution of the NGFW Market — Drivers, Trends, and Architectural Consequences
Over the past several years, the firewall market has undergone significant transformation. Firewalls (hereinafter referred to as Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW)), which previously served as the prima
