Exclusive: Meet AIVEX, a New Triage Model Built to Reduce Supply Chain Threat and Risk
Remediation priority (vulnerability triaging) traditionally focuses on Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) and Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) statements provided with the software and supplemented by CVSS scores. That is not enough in today’s environment.
SBOMs list the components within the software. They emanated from Executive Order 14028 designed to reduce supply chain attacks. VEX statements emerged soon afterward to indicate whether any known vulnerabilities are exploitable. The separate CVSS score is used as a severity indicator for vulnerability remediation priority. It’s not working – supply chain attacks continue.
A major cause is a growing lack of context around exploitation. In the AI Age, the effect of exploitation may differ depending on which stage of an AI lifecycle in which it occurs. Lack of context reduces the effectiveness of remediation priority, while the expansion of AI software will magnify the problem. Supply chain attacks will continue to grow.
(Understanding ‘context’ is...
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