The advent of AI-assisted vulnerability discovery and autonomous exploit development has brought about a new age in cybersecurity—one in which we can no longer rely on patching as a primary defense mechanism. Patching is, by definition, a reactive approach to security. It cannot occur until after a vulnerability is discovered and a vendor fix is made available, an operational delay that all too often lands well after an exploit is already weaponized in the wild. … More → The post The architecture of subtraction: Why it’s time to erase the roads, not just map the traffic appeared first on Help Net Security .