Check Point Software Technologies, a cybersecurity vendor that develops network, cloud and endpoint security products, has introduced a new capability within its exposure management portfolio designed to assess whether vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers using AI driven methods.
The new feature, called Agentic Exposure Validation, adds autonomous AI agents to exposure management workflows by analyzing external attack surfaces and testing attack paths using threat intelligence and asset context. The launch comes as security teams face growing pressure to evaluate large numbers of vulnerabilities while determining which ones present immediate risk.
“With frontier AI models such as Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 gaining the ability to find thousands of exploitable vulnerabilities at scale, the question before boards and CISOs is no longer 'are we patched?' but 'what can attackers actually exploit right now and how do we find it before they do?',” says Lionel Dartnall, Check Point Software’s Country Manager: SADC.
The company says the platform uses AI agents to combine exposure data with threat intelligence, exploit research and information about existing protections before validating whether a security issue represents an exploitable path. Instead of relying on static vulnerability ratings, the system evaluates assets or CVEs, checks whether existing security controls interrupt attack chains and creates validation processes intended to mirror attacker behavior without using disruptive techniques.
According to Check Point, the validation process can produce different outcomes depending on what it finds. The system may confirm that an exposure is exploitable using direct evidence, abandon attack paths blocked by controls, or search for alternative paths when previous routes fail.
The technology is positioned as part of continuous threat exposure management programs, where organizations move from asset discovery and prioritization into remediation decisions supported by validation data rather than vulnerability counts alone.
“Early customer engagements have already demonstrated this pattern, and AEV was able to create novel exploits for dozens of vulnerabilities that had no known exploit,” Dartnell concludes.
The capability is available through Check Point Exposure Management as part of the company’s existing platform.
