Vulnerability Management is Broken — Here's How AI Can Fix It

30,000 CVEs published per year. NIST stepping back from enrichment. Analysts drowning in noise. Vulnerability management hasn't kept pace with the modern threat landscape — and it's time for a new approach. In this session, SEC501 co-author Dave Shackleford lays out the state of vulnerability management in 2026 and makes the case for why AI is no longer optional. You'll learn: Why vulnerability management has lagged behind other areas of cybersecurity — and the root causes The staggering 263% increase in CVEs published between 2020 and 2025 What NIST's decision to stop enriching most CVEs means for your organization How AI can help you move from endless triage to actually fixing things faster A practical framework for prioritizing vulnerabilities beyond static CVSS scores The onus is increasingly on security teams to figure this out themselves. This talk will help you get ahead of it. 🛡️ Learn more: SANS SEC501: Advanced Security Essentials - Enterprise Defender — https://go.sans.org/mR9BkC