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Check Point 2026 Exposure Gap Report: AI-Driven Vulnerability Inflation
The report identifies "AI-Driven Vulnerability Inflation," a phenomenon where AI-augmented threat actors and automated discovery tools have doubled the volume of critical CVE discoveries. This surge has significantly degraded the signal-to-noise ratio within Security Operations Centers (SOCs), as fewer than 8.3% (1 in 12) of reported critical vulnerabilities require immediate remediation. The disconnect between high-level AI security governance and actual technical enforcement capabilities is widening a critical "exposure gap," overwhelming frontline defenders with low-priority alerts and high-velocity exploit payloads generated via Large Language Models (LLMs).
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