News

What CISA's new remediation directive means for CISOs

  • Sharon Shea--Techtarget.com
  • published date: 2026-06-12 21:02:00 UTC

CISA's updated directive for federal agencies compresses mandatory patching timelines to just three days for high-risk flaws, urging practitioners to 'patch smarter, not harder.'

As patch management programs face mounting pressure from AI-driven threats and vulnerability discovery, CISA is pushing federal agencies toward risk-based remediation -- a move experts say will inevi… [+6290 chars]