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Betting on a Future Where My Expertise Is No Longer Needed

Security work is still full of human labor. After more than 20 years in the field, here's why I'm betting on a future where that human role disappears—and went all-in on AI with a one-person micro-SaaS.

Kazuya Hiradate, CEO, Pentacon Research, Inc.··8 min read
#AI Security#ASM#CTEM#Micro-SaaS#Risk Assessment#Risk Management#Security#Security Operations#Security Score#Shadow IT#Vulnerability Management
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceCTEMRisk Management

What is a Business Impact (BI) Score?

How PentaTrail computes the BI Score from three axes (purpose / data_classification / availability), and how it combines with TDL to produce TER bands.

·6 min read
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceCTEMRisk Management

Threat Exposure Risk: Integrating Technical Risk and Business Risk

How PentaTrail's Threat Exposure Risk framework unifies technical threat severity with business impact for holistic risk assessment.

·12 min read
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceCTEMVulnerability Management

What is Threat Discovery Level (TDL)? — Vulnerability Ranking from CVSS × EPSS

How PentaTrail computes Threat Discovery Level (TDL) — the 5-step vulnerability ranking — and how Evidence Grade, AI Deep Scan, and KEV adjust the result.

·6 min read
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceCTEMVulnerability Management

Leveraging the KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities) Catalog

How to use CISA's KEV catalog to identify actively exploited vulnerabilities and integrate it into your security strategy.

·5 min read
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceCTEMVulnerability Management

What is EPSS? Prioritizing Vulnerabilities by Exploitation Probability

How EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) works and how combining it with CVSS enables smarter vulnerability prioritization.

·5 min read
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceCTEMVulnerability Management

Understanding CVSS Scores — And Their Limitations

How CVSS scoring works, how to interpret scores, and why CVSS alone isn't enough for effective vulnerability prioritization.

·6 min read
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceCTEMSecurity

What is CTEM? A Complete Guide to the 5 Phases

An overview of CTEM (Continuous Threat Exposure Management), how it differs from traditional vulnerability management, and why organizations should adopt it.

·8 min read
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceASMSecurity

ASM (Attack Surface Management) — A Beginner's Guide

What is Attack Surface Management, why it matters, and how to get started with continuous external attack surface monitoring.

·5 min read
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceShadow ITASM

Shadow IT: How to Surface and Manage the Risks You Can't See

What shadow IT is, why it grows in modern organizations, and how Attack Surface Management (ASM) brings the unseen risks under control.

·6 min read
CTEM & Threat IntelligenceSecurity ScoreASM

What is a Security Score? PentaTrail's 400-Point Model for Quantifying Your Attack Surface

PentaTrail's Executive Dashboard shows a composite score on a 400-point scale, made up of three axes: Threat, Management Maturity, and Response. Here's what each axis means and how it's measured.

·17 min read

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