According to Dark Reading, the root cause of vulnerability backlogs is not a shortage of detection tools but a lack of clear asset ownership. Organizations often know vulnerabilities exist, yet no one is explicitly responsible for fixing them. Adding more scanners does not address that gap.
The article argues that security teams need to determine who owns each asset and who has both the authority and the capacity to apply fixes. Without that accountability, even the most comprehensive vulnerability data will sit untouched. The focus should shift from better scanning to clearer remediation ownership.