Celerium insights
AVD
Accelerated Vulnerability Detection
AXD
Accelerated Exploitation Defense
The threat operates on a new clock.
The defense has to as well.
AI is compressing the timeline of vulnerability discovery. Software flaws that lay dormant for fifteen or twenty-five years are surfacing in days. The category of threat is established. The category of response is now being defined.
Currently in the news
Anthropic's Claude Mythos is the visible instance – the AI capability that has drawn coordinated regulatory response in five countries within weeks. The deeper issue is the framework Mythos illustrates. Read the foundational analysis →
Vince Crisler
Chief Strategy Officer, Celerium • Former White House CISO
"Cyber defense was built for human timescales. AVD changes the clock. The pieces collected here lay out what that means for patching, for exploitation defense, for post-exploitation containment, and for the regulatory conversation now underway in five countries."
Foundational Analysis
Long-form pieces by Vince Crisler
Foundational • ~ 2,400 Words
Beyond Mythos: Why Cyber Defense Has to Accelerate
A foundational view on AI-accelerated vulnerability detection – and the high-speed responses required. Establishes AVD and AXD as the categories of threat and response.
Companion • ~ 2,800 Words
The Third Line of Cyber Defense Under AVD
Capabilities and limits of post-exploitation containment – EDR, identity, segmentation, encryption – under AVD pressure and what each line of defense needs from the rest of the stack.
Topic Deep-Dives
Specific aspects of the AVD framework
First Line of Defense
Patch Management Under AVD Pressure
Why a 320,000-vulnerability backlog can't be closed by accelerating patching alone – and what prioritization looks like now.
REgulatory Landscape
Five Countries, Three Weeks: The Regulatory Response
Treasury, Bank of England, RBI, Japan, Australia. What financial regulators are signaling – and what's still ahead./
Second Line of Defense
What Speed Means for Pre-Exploitation Defense
The three speeds – deployment, operation, lifecycle – that define what AXD requires of any capability claiming to deliver it.
Vince Crisler in the news
| Apr 28 |
Bloomberg
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Former White House CISO on what Mythos signals about AI-driven cyber risk
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Interview |
| Apr 24 |
CBS News
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Bessent and Powell convene bank CEOs on AI cybersecurity risks
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Quoted |
| Apr 22 |
PYMNTS
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Financial officials sound alarm about Anthropic's banking risk
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Cited |
| Apr 18 |
RSA Conference
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Keynote: Accelerated Vulnerability Detection and the new defensive clock
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Speaking |
Upcoming Webinar • May 14
AVD in Practice: A Conversation with Vince Crisler and Three CISOs
Why a 320,000-vulnerability backlog can't be closed by accelerating patching alone – and what prioritization looks like now.
