Closing the remediation gap with Lightwell

Vulnerability volumes are exploding. Remediation is falling behind. Service provider are caught in the middle. This overview discusses the immediate threat posed by AI-powered vulnerability discovery and how it affects telecommunications service providers. It introduces Lightwell, a managed security subscription backed by IBM and Red Hat, as a solution that provides signed, backported fixes for eligible third-party open source dependencies. The overview highlights the unique challenges faced by service providers including a remediation pipeline that was already falling behind. Your organization should not have to choose between patching fast and keeping production stable.

1. Attackers now exploit flaws days before patches even exist.
2. Median time to patch has worsened to more than 40 days—and the gap is growing.
3. Vulnerability exploitation is becoming the #1 breach vector for the first time in more than a decade.
4. More than 23,000 vulnerabilities found by AI in weeks.

Learn how Lightwell delivers backported fixes at pinned versions—no forced upgrades, no broken builds. Download the full overview.