The queue is not the risk
A typical quarter-end view of a mid-size estate, as most tools present it.
Open findings this quarter
Aggregated across scanners, cloud posture and endpoint
Critical
4,212
High
11,804
Quarter on quarter
−6%
fewer criticals than last quarter
Why it matters
Every number here went down, and not one of them tells you whether the business is safer. There is no unit in common with the budget that would fix them.
What the board actually asked
Are we exposed beyond the appetite we approved, and what would it cost us if the worst of it landed? Neither question can be answered from a count, however accurate the count is.