Rubén Alonso | Head of Secure
Development Unit, Telefonica
Security teams can no longer rely on theoretical exposure data alone.
According to the Gartner® Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV), “60% of organizations are expected to adopt structured exposure validation as part of CTEM by 2029 with AEV technologies and managed service providers serving as primary enablers.”
Adversarial exposure validation enables organizations to focus on real risk, continuously test defenses, and align validation efforts with remediation workflows – supporting more effective and actionable security programs.
Pentera is recognized as a representative vendor.
Gartner, Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation, 2026. Dhivya Poole, Mitchell Schneider, Eric Ahlm. 24 March 2026.
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