In an era where digital transformation demands velocity, security teams face a speed paradox: they must move as fast as cloud-native workloads — or get bypassed entirely.
Nowhere is this more evident than in cybersecurity. A glance at the historical CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) data tells a story not of linear growth, but exponential explosion.
Let’s look at the numbers:
From 1999 to 2024, we’ve seen a 4,300% increase in average vulnerabilities disclosed per day
1999: ~2.5 vulns/day
2016: ~17.7 vulns/day
2017: 40.1 vulns/day — a 127% jump
2024 (projected): ~110 vulns/day
The trend isn’t just about quantity — it’s about severity. Since 2017, 50 % of all new CVEs score high, and critical vulnerabilities (CVSS ≥7) have outpaced previous totals. The implication? Attackers are working faster, and their tools are more impactful than ever.
2017: The Inflection Point
A floodgate opened:
More CVSS ≥7 vulnerabilities than total CVEs in 2016
A steep, sustained incline from 2016 through 2024
Historical malware events like Petya and NotPetya echo these surges, correlating real-world breaches to statistical spikes
The Compounding Pressure
Detection is outpacing resolution – we’re getting better at finding issues but not necessarily at fixing them quickly.
Attack surface is growing – Kubernetes, containers, APIs, and AI workloads have added speed and also complexity.
Internal threat vectors are rising – Over 75% of enterprise network traffic is east-west, making lateral movement a dominant attack strategy.
So, what do we do?
Enter the Aviatrix Cloud Native Security Fabric — a strategic shift from piecemeal controls to an integrated, distributed architecture designed for the speed and sprawl of modern cloud environments.
Security must move at the speed of cloud:
Cloud was adopted for speed
Kubernetes was architected for speed
GPU acceleration was invented for speed
So why is security still the brake?
Security That Moves at Cloud Speed
Aviatrix understands that modern enterprises need command and control without friction. The Cloud Native Security Fabric:
Inserts inline, distributed security without the latency overhead
Brings visibility to east-west traffic, stopping lateral movement early
Powers real-time threat detection with integrated behavioral analytics
Enables zero trust microsegmentation across multicloud environments
Accelerates incident response via automation and policy orchestration
This isn’t just security; it’s secure acceleration.
The Stakes Are Rising
With projections pushing CVEs past 45,000+ annually in 2025, this isn’t a future problem. It’s a problem now.
Security must no longer be the bottleneck. It must become the force multiplier.
With Aviatrix, cloud native security becomes what it was always meant to be:
Frictionless to the business
Fearless in the face of threats – you cannot stop all attacks, but you can stop data exfiltration
Faster than the speed of your AppDev team – including K8s modernization
Let’s build a world where velocity and security are no longer at odds. Let’s make speed safe again.
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