A cybersecurity guidance article is urging colleges and universities to adopt continuous threat exposure management (CTEM), arguing that traditional higher ed security strategies have not always matched the scale and speed of adversary-driven risk. The piece explains CTEM as a structured, iterative approach to identifying, assessing, and addressing vulnerabilities and threats with a focus on “real vulnerabilities”—those that pose the greatest risk to institutional systems and the data universities protect. CDW’s framing emphasizes ongoing evaluation rather than one-time scans. For campus security leaders, the CTEM message is operational: prioritize the threat paths most likely to lead to compromise, treat exposure management as continuous, and align processes across tools, teams, and incident response. With universities facing persistent phishing, ransomware, and data privacy challenges, the CTEM approach provides a decision framework for how to reallocate attention and resources toward the exposures that matter most.