The Midnight Security Gap: Inside the Race to Automate After-Hours Vulnerability Response
Threat actors operate without regard for business hours, and the window between midnight and 4 a.m. has become one of the most exploited periods in enterprise cybersecurity. As high-profile breaches continue to cluster in off-peak hours, security teams and SaaS vendors are deploying automated patching pipelines, AI-driven triage systems, and global SOC models to close the gap before attackers can exploit it.