Cogent Launches AI Solutions to Combat Rapid Exploit Development

• •Cogent's new tools reduce vulnerability response time from weeks to hours.
• •AI-assisted exploit development has cut the time to exploit from 125.3 days to 0.5 days.
• •62% of critical vulnerabilities have exploits available before scanner detection.

Cogent has introduced two new capabilities, Zero Day Response and Autonomous Remediation, to address the critical gap between vulnerability disclosure and remediation. The average time from vulnerability disclosure to exploit has drastically reduced from 125.3 days to just 0.5 days, creating significant visibility gaps for security teams. This acceleration in exploit timelines is attributed to AI-assisted exploit development, which allows attackers to create working exploits within hours. Cogent's solutions aim to identify vulnerabilities within minutes of disclosure and autonomously remediate them based on business impact assessments. The findings from Cogent's analysis of over 69,000 CVEs reveal that 62% of critical vulnerabilities have exploits circulating before scanners can detect them. The urgency of these developments highlights the need for organizations to adapt their vulnerability management strategies to keep pace with AI-equipped attackers.