Attack-path correlation is a security analysis method that links separate weaknesses into a likely route an attacker could follow. Instead of treating each misconfiguration, exposed secret, weak permission, or vulnerable system as an isolated alert, it maps how those issues interact across identities, networks, workloads, and cloud accounts.
This matters because attackers rarely win through one flaw alone. They often chain small problems into privilege escalation, lateral movement, and access to sensitive data. In defense, attack-path correlation helps teams cut through alert noise and prioritize the fixes that break the shortest route to critical assets. It is commonly used in cloud security platforms and posture tools to show which findings are merely risky and which combine into a real compromise path.