Mythos has made 2026 patching hell. It might make 2027 a breeze
Gartner sees huge amounts of technical debt paid down, and better scanning that could make software safer sooner
Microsoft released over 970 patches in a single week, causing concern for IT security teams. Gartner research vice president Craig Lawson believes that the widespread use of AI tools like Anthropic’s Mythos may soon make patching a simpler process. Lawson pointed out that AI has never before been used to audit such large codebases, and referenced the recent CVEs found in OpenBSD as evidence of this.
He also mentioned that security vendors are using AI to find bugs in their own products, indicating that AI is eradicating potential zero-day attack avenues. Lawson expects that in 2027, we may see a net decrease in CVE numbers, not in total vulnerabilities, but in severity. Additionally, he believes AI will enhance defenders' tools, allowing for daily red team exercises, and suggesting that automated fixes using AI could be created.
He hopes that organizations will acknowledge the impact of their security teams, rather than solely focusing on the number of tickets processed and closed.
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