Unlocking the External Tech Landscape: ThreatNG's Breakthrough in Third-Party Identification
In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, a complete understanding of your organization's external attack surface is no longer a luxury; it's a necessity. But how can you gain proper visibility into the hidden technologies and third-party connections outside your immediate control? ThreatNG has just made a significant leap forward in solving this challenge, dramatically enhancing its ability to identify associated third parties and technologies externally.
Unveiling a New Era of Visibility
ThreatNG's recent R&D breakthrough has significantly expanded its external identification capabilities. This translates to a massive enhancement in the depth and breadth of ThreatNG's external visibility, allowing security teams to uncover a wider range of potential risks than ever before.
Why This is Significant and Unique:
ThreatNG goes beyond simply scanning for known vulnerabilities. It proactively uncovers the hidden connections and technologies that make up your external attack surface. By employing a combination of methods, including:
DNS record analysis: Uncovering relationships between domains and subdomains.
Subdomain takeover susceptibility assessments: Identifying potential vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to hijack your subdomains.
Cloud and SaaS identification: Detecting the use of cloud services and SaaS applications connected to your organization.
Web application firewall recognition: Identifying security measures in place to protect your web applications.
Technology stack fingerprinting: Determining the technologies used to build and run your web applications.
ThreatNG paints a comprehensive picture of your external ecosystem. This multifaceted, external-focused approach is truly unique. Unlike solutions that rely on internal network access or agent deployments, ThreatNG operates outside, providing an unbiased and attacker-centric view of your organization.
A Differentiated Achievement
This breakthrough underscores ThreatNG's commitment to research and development. Identifying technologies and third-party associations from diverse external data sources requires sophisticated techniques and algorithms. This achievement solidifies ThreatNG's position as an external attack surface management leader.
Impact on External Attack Surface Management, Digital Risk Protection, and Security Ratings
The ability to identify a broader range of vendors and technologies has profound implications across various security domains:
External Attack Surface Management: Gain deeper visibility into your external attack surface, enabling more targeted risk assessments and prioritization of remediation efforts.
Digital Risk Protection: Proactively identify potential risks associated with third-party technologies and vendors, enhancing threat intelligence and brand protection efforts.
Security Ratings: Integrate a comprehensive understanding of external technologies and their associated risks to provide more accurate and data-driven security ratings.
Use Cases Across the Board
This breakthrough benefits a wide range of use cases:
Brand Protection: Detect and mitigate brand impersonation and phishing attempts by identifying unauthorized use of technologies and assets.
Cloud and SaaS Exposure Management: Uncover shadow IT and ensure compliance by identifying unsanctioned cloud services and SaaS applications.
Due Diligence: Assess the cybersecurity posture of potential acquisition targets and vendors by evaluating their use of third-party technologies.
Third-Party Risk Management: Continuously monitor and mitigate risks associated with third-party vendors throughout their lifecycle.
Vendor Categories and Types
ThreatNG can identify a wide range of vendor categories and types, including:
Application Performance Monitoring (APM): New Relic, Dynatrace
Business Intelligence (BI): CloudHealth, Pendo
SEO & Website Analysis: Ahrefs, Botify
Website Monitoring: Loader.io, Status Page, ThousandEyes
CRM: Salesforce, Hubspot
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Sage Intacct
Human Resources Management (HRM): Greenhouse, Rippling
IT Asset Management: Flexera
IT Service Management (ITSM): ServiceNow
Low-code Platform: Webflow
Project Management: Wrike, Favro, ProdPad, ClickUp
Proposal Software: PandaDoc
Workflow Automation: Nintex, Zapier
Cloud Computing: Amazon, Alibaba Cloud, Google Workspace, IBM, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Cloud Management: CloudHealth, VMWare Cloud
Cloud Security: Wiz, Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare
Cloud Storage: Box, Dropbox
Content Delivery Network (CDN): Fastly, Akamai
Edge Computing: Fastly
Frontend Cloud: Vercel
Infrastructure Management: Infoblox
Platform as a Service (PaaS): Heroku, Cloudbees
Virtualization: VMWare Cloud, Parallels
Web Infrastructure & Security: Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai
Co-working Space: WeWork
Collaboration & Document Management: Atlassian, Notion, Miro, Google Workspace
Communication & Workflow: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom
Digital Adoption Platform: WalkMe
File Hosting & Collaboration: Box, Dropbox
Online Whiteboard: Miro, Whimsical
Productivity & Note-taking: Notion
Productivity Suite: Microsoft Office 365, Google Workspace
Remote Access: LogMeIn, TeamViewer, Parsec
Customer Communication: Intercom
Customer Data Platform (CDP): Segment, LiveRamp
Email Authentication: Valimail
Email Deliverability: Mailgun, SendGrid
Email Marketing: Klaviyo, My Emma
Email Providers: QQ Mail, MailRU
Email Security: Proofpoint
Email Verification: NeverBounce
Landing Page Builder: Unbounce, Leadpages
Marketing Automation: Hubspot, Marketo
Public Relations: Prowly
Review Management: Bazaarvoice
Search Engine & Advertising: Google Ads, Bing Ads
Social Media Contests: Woobox, Rafflecopter
Social Media Marketing: Buffer, Hootsuite
Translation Management: Smartling
Blogging Platform: WordPress, Medium
Content Experience: Contentful, Storyblok
Content Management System (CMS): WordPress, Drupal
Creative Cloud (Design, Video, etc.): Adobe Creative Cloud
Design & Prototyping: Figma, Sketch
Digital Booklet Creator: Flipsnack
Digital Experience Platform (DXP): Optimizely, Acquia
Document Management: DocuSign, NitroPDF
Graphic Design: Canva
PDF Editing: Adobe Acrobat, NitroPDF
Video Hosting: Vimeo, Wistia
Customer Service: Intercom, Zendesk
Help Desk Software: Zendesk, Freshdesk
Knowledge Base: Help Scout, GrooveHQ
API Development & Testing: Postman, Swagger
API Management: Apigee, Kong
CI/CD: CircleCI, Jenkins
Code Hosting: Github, Gitlab
Containerization Platform: Docker, Kubernetes
Feature Flag & Experimentation: ConfigCat, LaunchDarkly
Mobile and Web Application Development Platform: Firebase, Netlify
Online Forms: Formstack, Typeform
Software Development Tools: VisualStudio, JetBrains
E-commerce: Shopify
Payment Processing: Stripe
Point of Sale (POS): Square, Shopify POS
Identity and Access Management (IAM): Okta, Auth0
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Duo, Okta Verify
Password Management: LastPass, 1Password
Personal Data Breach Notification: Have I Been Pwned
Single Sign-On (SSO): Okta, OneLogin
Account Takeover Prevention: SpyCloud
Application Security Testing: Detectify, HackerOne, BugCrowd
Bug Bounty Platform: HackerOne, BugCrowd, YesWeHack
Certificate Authority: GlobalSign, IdenTrust, QuoVadis
Crowdsourced Security: Synack
Cybersecurity: Sophos, Fortinet, Cisco
Ethical Hacking: Ethiack
Mobile Device Management (MDM): Symantec MDM, JAMF
Network Monitoring: SolarWinds, PRTG
Networking Hardware & Software: Cisco, Juniper
Noise Cancellation: Krisp
Open-Source Security & License Compliance: Sonatype, Snyk
Secure Remote Access: Cisco AnyConnect
Security Awareness Training: KnowBe4
Web Application Security: Cloudflare, F5, Akamai
Other:
Artificial Intelligence: OpenAI, GenTrace (AI)
Browser Testing: BrowserStack
Cloud Communications: Twilio
Database: MongoDB
IT Infrastructure: Hitachi Vantara
Microblogging: Twitter
Mobile Operating System: Apple iOS
Privacy Management: OneTrust
Product Experience: Pendo
Ride-Hailing: Uber
Status Communication: Statuspage.io
Streaming Platform: Twitch, YouTube
Survey Software: SurveyMonkey, Typeform
Video Conferencing: Zoom, Webex, Google Meet
Web Browser: Brave
Don't Miss Out
ThreatNG's enhanced external identification capabilities represent a significant advancement in the cybersecurity landscape. If you're serious about protecting your organization from external threats, it's time to check out what ThreatNG has to offer.
Visit ThreatNG's website or contact their team to learn more about their groundbreaking approach to external attack surface management and how it can benefit your organization.
