Cyber risk is changing faster than most organizations can respond. At ROCon EMEA, Sumedh Thakar, President and CEO of Qualys, outlines a new approach to cyber risk management in the age of AI—where vulnerabilities are increasing, exploitation is accelerating, and traditional remediation models are no longer keeping pace. As AI-driven discovery and exploit development compress timelines, the gap between detection and remediation continues to widen. In this session, Sumedh breaks down why measuring mean time to remediate is no longer enough—and why organizations must instead focus on reducing real exposure by prioritizing what is actually exploitable. The conversation moves beyond volume and dashboards, challenging the industry’s tendency toward “risk whack-a-mole” and highlighting the need for a more operationalized, business-aligned model. Rather than attempting to fix everything, the focus shifts to hyper-prioritization, validating real risk within your environment, and aligning remediation efforts to actual business impact. This is where the concept of a Risk Operations Center (ROC) comes in—bringing together visibility, prioritization, and automated remediation into a unified approach designed to keep pace with modern threats. The takeaway is clear: in an AI-driven threat landscape, resilience depends on speed, focus, and the ability to operationalize risk—not just measure it. Recorded live at ROCon EMEA. Start building your Risk Operations Center today: https://www.qualys.com/apps/enterprise-trurisk-management Stay up to date on upcoming events: https://www.qualys.com/company/events Watch more sessions from ROCon EMEA: https://www.qualys.com/rocon/2026/emea

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