Vulnerability Management Has to Get AI-Ready - Fast
Security Boulevard, Thursday, July 9th, 2026
AI accelerates vulnerability discovery while remediation stays at human speed, forcing security teams to automate fast.
CVE volumes were already outpacing what most security teams could absorb, and AI-driven discovery is now widening the gap because remediation still moves at human speed.
Every day a critical vulnerability stays open gives attackers - increasingly armed with the same AI tooling - more time to exploit it.
Barracuda Networks CISO Arve Kjoelen argues the fix is not more scanning but aggressive automation of workflows that remain manual, such as patch testing, asset ownership assignment, vulnerability routing, and security-to-development handoffs. Closing that speed mismatch is framed as the central challenge for enterprise vulnerability management.