Operationalizing CTEM Faster: Build Surface Command Dashboards in Minutes

2026-05-20T19:23:53Zaa179acfef10061214230a0d12106b318a5f9de6409705e578d08e5f246ec4b6
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What happened

This Rapid7 blog bundle covers product and research updates: Surface Command adds filter-based dashboard widgets to speed operationalization of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM); the 2026 Global Cybersecurity Summit emphasized identity, cloud misconfiguration, and social engineering as common initial access vectors. Several vulnerability advisories and research posts were highlighted: CVE-2026-20182 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) authentication-bypass in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to become an authenticated peer and perform privileged ops;

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