A vulnerability scan can produce a mountain of findings. It still does not tell a business what is real, what matters, or what to fix first.
Michael Simmons, founder and CEO of Elysium Trace, joins Joe Patti and Adam Roth to unpack the work that comes after the scanner runs: filtering false positives, applying technical and business context, accepting risk deliberately, and turning raw findings into reporting that a client or executive can act on.
The conversation also covers the reporting burden faced by MSPs and smaller security teams, where automation can reduce repetitive work, and why human judgment still belongs in the decision process. Michael describes Elysium Trace and its product approach from his own experience.
Resources mentioned:
- Elysium Trace: https://elysiumtrace.com/
Topics Discussed
- Why raw scan output is not a security assessment
- How false positives and missing context distort priorities
- What makes a vulnerability report useful to an executive or client
- The reporting burden faced by MSPs and smaller security teams
- Risk acceptance and transparent access to technical findings
- Where automation and AI can reduce repetitive work
- Why professional judgment still matters
- Building a focused security product from a problem you know