Cybersecurity validation startup Picus Security launched Picus Exposure Validation, a new service that allows security teams to verify the exploitability of vulnerabilities based on their unique environments. The new capability has been designed to continuously test security controls against real-world attack techniques to identify which vulnerabilities are truly exploitable and which can safely be deprioritized. Picus Exposure Score provides an evidence-based, context-aware metric that accurately quantifies actual risk by accounting for how effectively current security controls mitigate real threats. Common Vulnerability Scoring System, Exploit Prediction Scoring System and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities offer theoretical risk signals. Picus Exposure Validation delivers proof by testing threats against your production defenses in real time. It replaces assumptions with evidence so security teams can focus on vulnerabilities that are exploitable. Picus Exposure Validation allows security teams to prioritize accurately and deprioritize safely. The service leverages a transparent, automated Exposure Score and advanced security validation technologies to allow teams to focus on threats that truly matter and confidently set aside vulnerabilities that pose no real risk. The new service also enables faster, more confident decision-making. With real-time reporting, continuous attack simulations and in-depth security control testing, users are provided with the evidence needed for compliance documentation and executive communication. Picus Exposure Validation additionally helps save time and improve mitigation efforts via automated validation that reduces manual workloads. The resulting tailored recommendations support rapid improvements in security control effectiveness, even when immediate patching isn’t feasible.