# Spektion > Spektion is the first Runtime Exposure Management platform. A lightweight endpoint sensor observes how software actually behaves at runtime (across the OS, network, memory, credentials, and processes) to reveal what is genuinely exploitable, surface risk that traditional scanners miss, and deliver mitigations before patches exist. Spektion typically reduces critical vulnerability backlogs by 60–80%. Spektion helps security teams move from noise-heavy vulnerability management to evidence-based exposure management. The question shifts from "what's vulnerable?" to "what's exploitable here, and what are we missing entirely?" Spektion was founded by Joe Silva (former Fortune 200 CISO) alongside former red teamers and threat hunters. ## Platform - [Platform overview](https://spektion.com/platform): How Spektion uses runtime evidence to prioritize exploitable vulnerabilities, detect zero-day risk, and shorten remediation cycles. - [Runtime Vulnerability Management](https://spektion.com/runtime-vulnerability-management): What Runtime Vulnerability Management (RVM) is and how behavior-based runtime insight detects exploit risk beyond CVEs. - [Runtime Intelligence](https://spektion.com/runtime-intelligence): Real-time runtime visibility and tailored mitigations that complete CTEM (Continuous Threat Exposure Management) programs. - [Third-Party Software Risk](https://spektion.com/third-party-software-risk): Runtime visibility into third-party and open-source software risk, so teams can detect, prioritize, and act in real time. - [Runtime Assurance for AI-Coded Apps](https://spektion.com/runtime-assurance-for-ai-coded-apps): Detecting risk in AI-generated software created outside traditional development pipelines. ## Use cases - [Vulnerability Prioritization](https://spektion.com/use-case/vulnerability-prioritization): Use runtime context to identify which CVEs are actually exploitable in your environment instead of chasing thousands. - [Zero-Day Defense](https://spektion.com/use-case/zero-day-defense): Answer "are we affected?" in minutes, not days, by continuously observing runtime activity. - [Detect Risk Beyond CVEs](https://spektion.com/use-case/detect-risk-beyond-cves): Find exploitable exposure even when no CVE exists or ever will. - [Manage AI Exposure](https://spektion.com/use-case/manage-ai-exposure): Discover unsanctioned AI tools, coding assistants, and inference servers, with continuous visibility into AI agents and workloads across endpoints. ## Comparisons - [Spektion vs. the alternatives](https://spektion.com/compare): How Spektion's runtime-evidence approach compares to vulnerability scanners, CTEM/exposure management, RBVM prioritization, AIDR, and EDR/XDR tools. - [Spektion vs. vulnerability scanners](https://spektion.com/compare/spektion-vs-vulnerability-scanners): Scanners tell you what's vulnerable; they can't tell you what's exploitable. How Spektion's runtime observation goes beyond matching software versions against the CVE catalog. - [Spektion vs. CTEM / exposure management](https://spektion.com/compare/spektion-vs-ctem): A modeled attack path is a hypothesis; runtime behavior is evidence. How Spektion complements CTEM tools with observed exploitability instead of theoretical paths. - [Spektion vs. RBVM / prioritization tools](https://spektion.com/compare/spektion-vs-rbvm): RBVM tools re-score the same CVE data your scanner already produced. How Spektion generates new runtime evidence and scores with exploit intel and EPSS alongside it. - [Spektion vs. AIDR](https://spektion.com/compare/spektion-vs-aidr): AIDR inspects prompts and model interactions. How Spektion expands exposure management to insecure agent behavior, observed at the endpoint OS runtime. - [Spektion vs. EDR / XDR](https://spektion.com/compare/spektion-vs-edr): EDR detects and responds to active attacks. How Spektion identifies what's exploitable before an attack and covers exposures EDR add-ons miss. ## Guides and foundational concepts - [Introducing the Continuous Runtime Exposure Platform](https://spektion.com/articles/the-continuous-runtime-exposure-management-platform): Spektion's Continuous Runtime Exposure Management platform is live, changing the math on vulnerability management with evidence of real exploitability. - [What is Runtime Vulnerability Management (RVM)?](https://spektion.com/guides/what-is-runtime-vulnerability-management-rvm): Definition and primer on the RVM category. - [How runtime vulnerability detection works](https://spektion.com/guides/how-runtime-vulnerability-detection-works-and-why-it-matters): The mechanics of runtime detection and why it matters. - [Exposure management vs. vulnerability management](https://spektion.com/articles/exposure-management-vs-vulnerability-management): How the two disciplines differ and why exposure management is broader. - [Patch management vs. vulnerability management](https://spektion.com/articles/patch-management-vs-vulnerability-management): Where patching ends and vulnerability management begins. - [What "runtime" means in vulnerability management](https://spektion.com/articles/runtime-definition-in-vuln-management): A precise definition of runtime in this context. - [Same CVE, different risk](https://spektion.com/articles/same-cve-different-risk): Why an identical CVE can carry very different real-world risk depending on runtime behavior. - [Why Vulnerability Management Hasn't Evolved](https://spektion.com/articles/vuln-management-hasnt-evolved): Vulnerability management has barely changed in 20 years while attackers have. Why the model is stuck and what runtime-based exposure management fixes. - [Your Scanner Found 50,000 Vulns. Most Don't Matter.](https://spektion.com/articles/not-all-vuln-scanner-findings-matter): A scanner that flags 50,000 vulnerabilities buries the few that matter. How runtime context shrinks the list to what's actually exploitable in your environment. - [CTEM Visibility Gaps and How to Close Them](https://spektion.com/articles/ctem-program-visibility-gaps): Most CTEM programs have blind spots scanners can't fill. How runtime visibility closes the gaps and shows what's truly exploitable in your environment. - [Negative Seven Days: When CVEs Become a Trailing Indicator](https://spektion.com/articles/negative-seven-days-when-cves-become-a-trailing-indicator): Exploits now precede disclosure by an average of seven days. Why CVEs are a trailing indicator and how runtime behavior gets you ahead of the gap. - [The Vulnerability Management Paradox](https://spektion.com/articles/vulnerability-management-paradox): Teams patch more than ever yet exposure keeps growing. The vulnerability management paradox, and why runtime context is the way out of the backlog. - [How Runtime Data Is Reshaping Threat Management](https://spektion.com/articles/runtime-behavioral-intelligence): Behavioral intelligence from runtime data is reshaping threat and vulnerability management. Why observed behavior beats static models for real-world risk. - [The CVE-Shaped Hole in the Industry's Response](https://spektion.com/articles/the-cve-shaped-hole-in-the-industrys-mythos-response): The industry's incident response has a CVE-shaped hole: exploitable weaknesses with no CVE. Why runtime visibility fills the gap scanners structurally miss. - [How to transform vulnerability management with runtime intelligence (white paper)](https://spektion.com/white-paper/how-to-transform-vulnerability-management-with-runtime-intelligence): Long-form thesis on evidence-based vulnerability management. ## Spektion Research (vulnerability disclosures & technical analysis) - [CVE-2026-25866 analysis](https://spektion.com/articles/cve-2026-25866-fixed): Analysis of CVE-2026-25866 and its remediation. - [Punto Switcher Unquoted Path Vulnerability (CVE-2026-25865)](https://spektion.com/articles/cve-2026-25865-punto-switcher): Spektion Research found an unquoted path flaw (CVE-2026-25865) in Punto Switcher that lets a local attacker run arbitrary code. How runtime analysis caught it. - [Tampering with macOS TCC](https://spektion.com/articles/tampering-with-macos-tcc): Technical analysis of macOS TCC privacy-control tampering. - [Executable memory pages](https://spektion.com/articles/executable-memory-pages): Runtime memory behavior as an exploitability signal. - [The unquoted path flaw](https://spektion.com/articles/unquoted-path-flaw): A classic Windows misconfiguration seen through runtime behavior. - [Beyond LOLBAS](https://spektion.com/articles/beyond-lolbas): Living-off-the-land binaries and what runtime analysis adds. - [Detecting Remotely Accessible Named Pipes at Runtime](https://spektion.com/articles/runtime-monitoring-detect-pipes): Remotely accessible named pipes are a hidden attack surface. How runtime monitoring detects exposed pipes that file-based scanners never see. - [Supply-chain attacks without CVEs](https://spektion.com/articles/supply-chain-attacks-without-cves): Why CVE-centric programs miss real supply-chain compromise. - [Notepad++: A Harsh Lesson in Supply Chain Failures](https://spektion.com/articles/notepad-plus-plus-supply-chain-failures): The Notepad++ incident shows how trusted software becomes a supply chain risk. What its timeline teaches about runtime exposure scanners can't see. - [Beyond CVE Counts: Real Risks in PDF Editors](https://spektion.com/articles/beyond-cves-pdf-editors): CVE counts don't tell you which PDF editors are actually risky. How Spektion's runtime analysis surfaces real-world exposure the scanners overlook. - [The 250-Day Risk Window: A Public Directory Blind Spot](https://spektion.com/articles/public-directory-blind-spot): An AI PDF editor stayed exploitable for 250 days via a public directory blind spot. How runtime analysis closes the window scanners leave wide open. - [WinRAR: Runtime Risk Before the CVE](https://spektion.com/articles/winrar-application-spotlight): WinRAR is present and undermanaged across most enterprises. How Spektion Research surfaced runtime weaknesses as an early warning ahead of published CVEs. ## AI exposure and AI-generated software - [Claude and the Hidden Risk of End-User AI](https://spektion.com/articles/claude-and-the-hidden-risk-of-end-user-ai): End-user AI assistants like Claude introduce risk security teams can't see. What runtime visibility reveals about AI tools running on your endpoints. - [AI Citizen Development Security Risks (and How to Fix)](https://spektion.com/articles/ai-citizen-development-security-risks): Low-code and AI citizen development speeds delivery but creates unseen security risk. How to find and address it at runtime before it becomes exposure. - [Vulnerability Management in the Vibe Coding Era](https://spektion.com/articles/ai-generated-code-security): AI-generated code ships faster than security can review it. How vulnerability management must change to catch the risk in vibe-coded apps at runtime. - [A Five-Point Security Checklist for AI Agents](https://spektion.com/articles/multiagent-security-checklist): Multi-agent AI is arriving faster than governance. A five-point checklist for inventorying and controlling the AI agents running in your environment. ## Third-party and regulatory risk - [How to Assess Third-Party Software Security](https://spektion.com/articles/assess-third-party-software-security): A practical approach to assessing third-party software security: what scanners miss, why runtime behavior matters, and how to judge real exposure. - [Runtime Monitoring for Financial Third-Party Guidance](https://spektion.com/articles/third-party-guidance-financial-institutions): How financial institutions can use runtime monitoring to meet third-party risk guidance from the Federal Reserve, NYDFS, DORA, and NCUA with real evidence. - [An Easier Way to Meet DORA ICT Third-Party Risk](https://spektion.com/articles/dora-ict-third-party-risk): Meeting DORA's ICT third-party risk requirements doesn't have to mean endless questionnaires. How runtime monitoring delivers the evidence regulators want. ## Company - [About Spektion](https://spektion.com/company): Team, mission, and approach. - [Customers](https://spektion.com/customers): Customer results and testimonials. - [Partners](https://spektion.com/partners): Channel and technology partners. - [Request a demo](https://spektion.com/demo): See Spektion against your own environment. - [Contact](https://spektion.com/contact): Reach the Spektion team. ## News & announcements - [Named Most Innovative in Runtime Exposure Management](https://spektion.com/articles/named-most-innovative-in-runtime-exposure-management): Spektion wins two Cyber Defense Magazine Global InfoSec Awards at RSAC 2026, alongside the general availability of its Continuous Runtime Exposure Management platform. - [Real-Time Risk Clarity: New Platform Capabilities](https://spektion.com/articles/real-time-risk-clarity): A platform release adding a Report Generator, Network Insights, and an enhanced Dashboard to correlate vulnerability data and show what's exploitable right now. - [Reduce Attack Surface by Finding Unused Software](https://spektion.com/articles/unused-software): A new capability that identifies installed-but-unused software on endpoints so teams can shrink their attack surface by removing what isn't actually run. - [Spektion Emerges from Stealth](https://spektion.com/articles/spektion-emerges-from-stealth): Spektion launches with $5M in seed funding to replace CVE-based vulnerability management with runtime behavior analytics. ## Optional - [Blog](https://spektion.com/blog): All Spektion articles. - [Resources](https://spektion.com/resources): Articles, guides, podcast episodes, and videos. - [News & press](https://spektion.com/news): Announcements and media coverage. - [Videos](https://spektion.com/videos): Tutorials and product demos. - [Security Theater podcast](https://spektion.com/podcast): CISOs on vulnerability management, exposure, and life in the security hot seat.