Modern cloud attacks move fast, often in minutes. But too many teams are still stuck in slow motion, taking weeks to fix the vulnerabilities that matter. Prioritization tools helped cut through the noise, but knowing isn’t doing. Sysdig’s latest update closes that gap, turning insight into action so security teams can actually fix what counts.
With the launch of AI-powered guided remediation in
Sysdig Sage, the company aims to shift the industry away from alert fatigue and toward outcomes. According to
Shantanu Gattani, VP of Product Management at Sysdig, “Sysdig Sage turns vulnerability data into action. While the industry has long focused on prioritizing risks, an important first step, real risk reduction only happens when vulnerabilities are fixed.”
From Prioritized Lists to Prescriptive Fixes
Instead of relying on users to investigate and fix vulnerabilities manually, Sysdig now delivers in-platform remediation recommendations that reduce both security-developer friction and time to resolution. These are not generic lists of high-severity CVEs. Rather, they’re contextualized, low-effort, and high-impact actions that align with real-world environments.
“Sysdig Sage identifies the fixes that deliver the biggest risk reduction, like patching your most critical container images,” said Gattani. “It translates technical findings into clear, step-by-step guidance that anyone can follow.” This includes prescriptive fixes that reduce mean time to remediate (MTTR) for critical applications without introducing new problems like broken dependencies or service disruption.
AI Meets Runtime Context for Cleaner, Safer Fixes
One of the biggest hurdles in cloud remediation is balancing urgency with stability. Many security tools miss the mark when recommending changes that later break builds or disrupt operations. Sysdig addresses this by analyzing runtime package usage, image provenance, and dependency chains to recommend fixes that are both effective and safe.
“By analyzing users’ environments end-to-end, Sysdig Sage finds the cleanest, most efficient path to resolution,” Gattani explained. “It recommends package updates and version changes that deliver broad risk coverage without breaking rebuilds.”
The platform also automatically weeds out irrelevant findings, focusing on exploitable vulnerabilities in use and reachable within the application’s runtime. The result: reduced noise, less time spent triaging false positives, and more confidence in every fix deployed.
Remediation Metrics That Matter
Sysdig’s emphasis on remediation has already led to measurable gains. Gattani shared that “Sysdig users have cut that end-to-end timeline by over 90%.” The platform measures effectiveness based on two key metrics: how quickly critical vulnerabilities are resolved, and how much actual risk is eliminated through those actions.
This level of precision is particularly valuable for MSSPs managing multiple tenants. “Sysdig helps MSSPs focus on what matters. It highlights in-use, exploitable vulnerabilities and zeroes in on the highest-impact fixes,” Gattani noted. The platform supports bulk remediation across workloads, minimizing the need for one-off reviews and simplifying risk reduction at scale.
Breaking the Cycle of Alert-Driven Security
By embedding guided remediation and runtime intelligence directly into the platform experience, Sysdig is rebalancing how teams handle cloud risk. Developers get actionable fixes with context. Security teams get measurable outcomes. And organizations stop playing catch-up with every new exploit.
As Gattani put it, “This is how we shift security teams from alert fatigue to action, with remediation, not just prioritization.” With these updates, Sysdig isn’t just telling teams where they’re vulnerable—it’s helping them fix the right things, faster.
