December 18, 2025
Live on LinkedIn | Hosted by NetRise
Keeping the Pace — Episode 2
NetRise is excited to continue our Keeping the Pace live series—now expanded with Innovation Insights, a product-focused track where NetRise experts break down the technologies, techniques, and research shaping the future of software supply chain security.
In Episode 2, Colin Lernihan, Senior Director of Product Management, and Ishan Sethi, Product Manager at NetRise, will explore one of the most critical—and most misunderstood—parts of modern security strategy:
How to Prioritize Vulnerabilities That Actually Matter
As organizations drown in CVEs, security teams struggle to identify which issues represent real, exploitable risk. Traditional scoring isn’t enough. Static scanners create noise. And without execution context, teams waste time fixing what attackers can’t reach—while missing what they can.
This session dives into the practical and technical foundations of meaningful prioritization: one rooted in reachability, runtime behavior, and evidence—not assumptions.
What You’ll Learn
Colin and Ishan will break down leading vulnerability-prioritization strategies, including:
1. Why CVSS Isn't a Prioritization Strategy
Understanding the limits of traditional scoring and why severity ≠ exploitability.
2. How Execution-Aware Analysis Changes the Game
See how mapping what actually runs inside devices cuts noise and reveals the 1% of vulnerabilities that attackers truly target.
3. Identifying Exploitable Paths Across Software and Firmware
Learn how autoruns, startup modules, and privilege boundaries determine which findings matter most.
4. Turning Prioritization Into Repeatable, Scalable Workflow
A look at how modern teams operationalize evidence-based prioritization across product security, vulnerability management, and incident response.
Why You Should Attend
If your role touches vulnerability management, device security, SOC operations, product security, or software supply chain assurance, this session will help you understand:
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How to reduce vulnerability noise by 90%+ using execution context
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Why teams waste time fixing issues that cannot be exploited—and how to stop
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How to triage risk across diverse software and firmware ecosystems
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How NetRise uses reachability, autoruns, and exploit intelligence to surface the vulnerabilities attackers will go after first
This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from the product leaders shaping the next evolution of vulnerability intelligence at NetRise.
