Reach Security Named in Gartner® Emerging Tech Research on the Future of Exposure Management
The cybersecurity landscape is shifting. According to Gartner®, the future of exposure management is no longer just about visibility or prioritization, it’s about preemption.
In its recent report, Emerging Tech: The Future of Exposure Management Is Preemptive, Gartner outlines how C-level executives seeking to deliver an innovative exposure management offering must incorporate new methods such as intelligent simulation, AI-enabled remediation and automated moving target defense to enable a preemptive approach to managing exposures at scale. As Gartner puts it:
“To combat the speed at which attackers exploit vulnerabilities, there will be a shift toward end-to-end automation of exposure management, including: continuous discovery, assessment, prioritization, validation and remediation of exposures.”
We believe this report shines a spotlight on the type of transformation our customers are already experiencing with Reach.
From Reactive to Preemptive: A New Security Mandate
Gartner introduces the concept of preemptive exposure management (PEM), which alleviates the burden on security teams and system owners, enabling faster and more precise mitigation actions by leveraging simulations, AI and analytics.
Key assumptions from the report include:
- By 2027: 45% of exposure management solutions will embed intelligent threat simulation
- By 2030: 60% of exposure management tasks and remediation will be fully automated
- By 2032: 30% of ASM technologies will incorporate automated moving target defense techniques
For security leaders under pressure to reduce risk and operate with fewer resources, this signals a major industry shift, and a call to modernize how exposure is managed.
Reach Security Recognized in ASCA: Delivering Value Today
In its breakdown of the technologies enabling PEM, Gartner identifies Reach as a Sample Vendor in the Automated Security Control Assessment (ASCA) space:
“Automated security control assessment (ASCA) solutions that continuously analyze security control configurations, then recommend remediation steps to optimize those controls. Part of this may include providing a way to preview the impact of the recommended configuration change without actual impact to the environment. Sample Vendors include CardinalOps, Reach Security and Tuskira.”
We’re proud to be included. But more importantly, we’re proud that our customers are already realizing the benefits of this approach.
Bridging the Gap Between Insight and Action
Reach helps security teams operationalize preemptive exposure management by turning exposure insights into focused, guided, and automated remediation. Gartner mentions the importance of technologies like simulation and AI-driven validation, and we believe that Reach brings those concepts to life by:
- Identifying Exposure: Uncovering misconfigured, underused, or incomplete controls that create risk
- Prioritizing Action: Focusing teams on the changes that have the greatest security and ROI impact
- Guiding Remediation: Delivering configuration guides, automated workflows, and seamless ticketing integration
- Continuously Validating: Monitoring for drift and ensuring posture remains strong over time
Whether customers are working to reduce identity risk, strengthen endpoint controls, or roll out Zero Trust initiatives, Reach helps them move from assessment to action.
The Future Is Already Here
We believe this Gartner report validates what our customers already know: exposure management must evolve. Not just to detect gaps, but to close them. Not just to assess posture, but to improve it continuously. Not just to respond to threats, but to stay ahead of them.
Reach is here to help organizations deliver on that vision.
👉 Download the Gartner report to learn more about the shift to preemptive exposure management.
Gartner, Emerging Tech: The Future of Exposure Management Is Preemptive, Elizabeth Kim, Apoorva Chhabra, 25 June 2025
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