Closing the Loop: The Future of Automated Vulnerability Remediation

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Alan catches up with Eran Livne, senior director of endpoint remediation at Qualys, to discuss how organizations are evolving from vulnerability detection to true automated remediation.

Livne, who helped build Qualys’ remediation platform from the ground up, reflects on how the industry’s approach to vulnerability management has changed. For years, the focus was on scanning and identifying issues—an endless cycle of reports, spreadsheets, and ticket queues. But as enterprise attack surfaces have expanded, manual remediation simply can’t keep up. The conversation centers on what it takes to close that loop automatically, using data-driven insights to prioritize and resolve vulnerabilities at scale.
Livne explains how Qualys is moving toward a model where detection and remediation coexist in real time. Automation is key, but not just in patching—context, risk scoring, and verification all matter. By tying vulnerability insights directly to remediation workflows, organizations can reduce exposure time and ensure that fixes actually stick.
They also touch on the cultural shift required for this level of automation. Security and IT teams must collaborate more closely, trusting shared visibility and unified processes rather than siloed tools. Livne argues that the future of vulnerability management lies in simplification: automating the tedious, surfacing what truly matters, and building resilience through continuous, closed-loop operations.
For security leaders, the message is clear: identifying vulnerabilities is no longer the hard part—fixing them efficiently, consistently, and intelligently is. The organizations that master that cycle will be the ones best positioned to stay ahead of attackers in the age of automation.

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Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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