How to build an exposure management program the business trusts: Lessons from Tenable’s CSO

Tenable’s August 2026 security intelligence highlights active exploitation and broad exposure across edge infrastructure, industrial control systems, cloud environments, AI platforms and enterprise software. Key issues include internet-exposed Siemens S7 PLCs targeted for reconnaissance and possible disruption, cloud ransomware activity by Storm-0501 against Azure tenants, autonomous AI-assisted attacks exploiting identity and authentication weaknesses, and Microsoft and Oracle patch releases addressing hundreds of vulnerabilities. The Microsoft release includes three zero-days, one exploited9