Due Diligence Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Thorough due diligence is essential in today's interconnected world. ThreatNG's Due Diligence capabilities offer a comprehensive solution to identify and mitigate potential risks across your digital ecosystem. This FAQ will provide a deeper understanding of ThreatNG's capabilities, including unprecedented discovery, in-depth risk profiling, continuous monitoring, streamlined reporting, and enhanced collaboration. ThreatNG Due Diligence empowers you to make informed decisions, protect your organization's reputation, and ensure operational resilience.
External Attack Surface Management FAQ
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General Questions
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The platform offers a comprehensive solution for conducting due diligence in the digital age. It provides a holistic view of digital risk across an organization's entire ecosystem, including third-party vendors and the supply chain, all without requiring any internal access or contact with the assessed entities.
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Comprehensive due diligence is essential in today's interconnected business landscape. Digital risks can significantly impact an organization's security, reputation, and financial stability. Organizations can proactively manage these risks to ensure operational resilience, protect critical assets, and make informed decisions about partnerships, investments, and acquisitions.
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The platform enables proactive risk management, informed decision-making, and comprehensive risk visibility across the digital ecosystem. All of this is achieved externally without requiring internal access or contact with the assessed entities.
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The platform caters to the unique needs of various roles involved in the due diligence process:
Security-focused roles (CISO, Security Manager, Security Analyst): Gain a comprehensive view of the organization's digital footprint. This includes potential vulnerabilities and threats across various channels, such as the dark web, code repositories, and cloud services, all without requiring internal access or contact.
IT and Risk Management roles (CIO, IT Manager, Risk Manager): One can proactively identify and address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. This reduces the risk of cyberattacks, data breaches, and other security incidents, all achieved externally.
Legal and Compliance (General Counsel, Compliance Manager): Gain insights into compliance issues related to ESG, data privacy, and other regulatory requirements, without requiring internal access or contact.
Executive and Management roles (CEO, COO, Head of Procurement): Make informed decisions regarding partnerships, investments, and acquisitions by understanding the security posture and potential risks associated with third parties, all assessed externally.
Other roles (Project Managers, Business Analysts): Tailored reporting and collaboration tools can be used to contribute to the due diligence process and make informed decisions within their respective areas.
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Due Diligence offers various features and capabilities that cater to the specific needs of different roles in the due diligence process:
Security-focused roles: Comprehensive discovery capabilities can be used to identify and assess potential threats and vulnerabilities across the organization's digital assets. This includes domains, subdomains, applications, and cloud infrastructure, all without requiring internal access or contact.
IT and Risk Management roles: Continuous monitoring and intelligence can be used to stay informed about emerging threats and vulnerabilities. This allows for proactive addressing of risks and adapting security strategies.
Legal and Compliance: In-depth risk profiling and contextualized risk scoring can be used to assess compliance with relevant regulations and identify potential legal issues, all conducted externally.
Executive and Management roles: Actionable insights and recommendations can be used to make informed decisions regarding partnerships, investments, and acquisitions. This ensures a thorough understanding of the digital risk landscape.
Other roles: Tailored reporting and collaboration capabilities can be used to contribute to the due diligence process, share relevant information, and participate in decision-making.
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The platform redefines due diligence by providing unprecedented discovery across an organization's digital ecosystem. This comprehensive approach ensures no stone is left unturned when assessing potential risks, offering insight far beyond traditional methods.
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The platform's extensive discovery capabilities encompass the entire digital footprint of organizations, third parties, and supply chain partners. This includes apparent assets like domains and websites and hidden or forgotten elements like exposed APIs, development environments, cloud instances, and SaaS services. The platform also delves into less obvious areas like code repositories, archived web pages, and dark web mentions, ensuring no potential risk is overlooked.
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The platform goes beyond identifying assets by conducting in-depth assessments to pinpoint vulnerabilities and weaknesses. This includes analyzing the potential for phishing attacks, data leaks, brand damage, and even susceptibility to ransomware. By quantifying these risks, organizations can prioritize remediation efforts and focus on the most critical areas.
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Continuous monitoring of the digital landscape occurs for changes and new threats, providing alerts and updates. This allows organizations to avoid potential risks and adapt their security strategies. Additionally, intelligence repositories covering the dark web, compromised credentials, and known vulnerabilities provide valuable context for assessing an organization's and its partners' overall risk posture.
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Due diligence standards are redefined by providing a comprehensive digital risk assessment beyond simple asset identification. Organizations are empowered to make informed decisions and proactively mitigate potential threats throughout their digital ecosystem by conducting in-depth risk profiling, contextualizing risk scores, and offering actionable recommendations.
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In-depth risk profiling goes beyond surface-level discovery to provide a detailed risk profile for each organization, third party, and supply chain entity. This includes assessing specific vulnerabilities like BEC and phishing susceptibility, the potential for data breaches, brand damage, and exposure to cyber risks like ransomware. A comprehensive picture of potential threats and weaknesses is created by analyzing factors like social media sentiment, dark web mentions, and the organization's technology stack.
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Risks are not just identified; they are contextualized. Incorporating factors like ESG exposure, financial stability, and industry benchmarks provides a nuanced understanding of the organization's risk posture. This allows for more informed decision-making, as organizations can prioritize risks based on their potential impact and likelihood.
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Organizations are not just left with a list of risks; actionable insights and recommendations for mitigation are provided. Organizations are empowered to take targeted actions to reduce risk exposure and strengthen their security posture by identifying specific vulnerabilities and weaknesses. This might include patching software, implementing security controls, or adjusting security policies.
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The reporting capabilities set a new standard for due diligence by providing clear, actionable insights tailored to various stakeholders. These reports offer a comprehensive overview of an organization's digital risk landscape, encompassing the organization itself, third-party vendors, and the entire supply chain. With multi-level reporting options, prioritized risk assessments, and actionable recommendations, organizations are empowered to understand, address, and mitigate potential threats effectively.
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Multi-level reporting is provided and tailored to different stakeholders. Executive summaries offer high-level overviews of overall risk posture, while technical detail reports dive deep into specific vulnerabilities for IT and security teams. Inventory reports provide a comprehensive list of discovered assets, and prioritized reports highlight the most critical risks based on their severity level, ensuring that remediation efforts are focused on the most impactful areas.
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The reports span the entire digital ecosystem, covering the organization, third parties, and the supply chain. This ensures a complete picture of risk, encompassing domain intelligence, social media presence, code exposure, cloud usage, and dark web activity. This holistic view enables organizations to identify and address potential vulnerabilities throughout their entire network of partners and suppliers.
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The reports go beyond simply identifying risks. They provide clear, actionable recommendations for mitigation, allowing organizations to take immediate steps to reduce their exposure. This might include patching software vulnerabilities, updating security configurations, or addressing compliance issues. By providing these recommendations, organizations are empowered to take a proactive approach to risk management, reducing the likelihood of costly incidents and breaches.
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The due diligence process is revolutionized by fostering seamless collaboration and empowering informed decision-making among stakeholders. By providing role-based access to relevant information, dynamically generating evidence questionnaires, and enabling comprehensive policy management, the entire process is streamlined, ensuring all parties involved have the necessary insights to assess and mitigate digital risks effectively.
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Organizations can control who can access sensitive data and insights, ensuring only authorized personnel can view and act on specific information. This granular access control fosters a secure and collaborative environment where different teams can work together effectively without compromising data security.
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The generation of questionnaires is automated based on the discovered risks and vulnerabilities, streamlining the due diligence process. These questionnaires provide a structured framework for gathering additional information from relevant parties, ensuring that all stakeholders clearly understand the risks involved and can contribute to informed decision-making.
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Organizations can establish and enforce consistent security policies across their digital ecosystem, including third parties and the supply chain. Security standards are met by integrating policy management with risk assessment and monitoring, and any deviations are quickly identified and addressed. This promotes a proactive approach to risk management, minimizing the likelihood of costly incidents and breaches.
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Traditional due diligence is transcended by providing continuous visibility into the digital risk landscape of organizations, third parties, and supply chain partners. This proactive approach enables organizations to stay ahead of emerging threats, dynamically assess risk profiles, and take immediate action to mitigate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, ensuring a robust and resilient security posture.
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Continuous visibility includes monitoring and alerting, dynamic risk assessments, and proactive risk mitigation.
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Continuous visibility goes beyond simple alerts. The risk profile of organizations, third parties, and supply chain partners is dynamically reassessed based on the latest information gathered. Risk scores are constantly updated, reflecting the evolving threat landscape and ensuring that organizations understand their current exposure accurately.
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By continuously monitoring and assessing digital risks, organizations are empowered to take proactive steps to mitigate threats before they materialize. This could involve patching vulnerabilities, updating security configurations, or addressing compliance issues before they can be exploited. This proactive approach significantly reduces the likelihood of security incidents and ensures that organizations maintain a strong security posture over time.
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Unparalleled visibility into your third-party ecosystem is provided, and proactive threat mitigation is empowered by various investigation modules that cover a wide range of areas, including domain intelligence, cloud and SaaS exposure, sensitive code exposure, online sharing exposure, sentiment and financials, archived web pages, dark web presence, technology stack, search engine exploitation, and social media.
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ThreatNG's digital sentinel capabilities cover domain intelligence, cloud and SaaS exposure, sensitive code exposure, online sharing exposure, sentiment and financials, archived web pages, dark web presence, technology stack, search engine exploitation, and social media.
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Traditional due diligence is transcended by comprehensively understanding external digital risks within a broader business context. Integrating EASM, DRP, and security ratings delivers actionable insights beyond simply identifying vulnerabilities. This holistic approach enables organizations to make informed decisions, prioritize resources, and effectively mitigate threats, ultimately safeguarding their operations, reputation, and bottom line.
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Various business risks are assessed, including:
BEC & Phishing Susceptibility: Gauges the likelihood of falling victim to BEC and phishing attacks by considering sentiment, domain reputation, and dark web presence.
Brand Damage Susceptibility: Evaluates the potential impact of brand damage by considering factors like negative publicity, security breaches, and ethical lapses.
Breach & Ransomware Susceptibility: Assesses the likelihood of a data breach or ransomware attack by analyzing vulnerabilities, exposed ports, and dark web activity.
Cyber Risk Exposure: Provides a holistic view of cyber risk by incorporating domain intelligence, code exposure, cloud vulnerabilities, and dark web presence.
Data Leak Susceptibility: Identifies potential data leaks by analyzing cloud and SaaS exposure, dark web monitoring, and domain intelligence.
ESG Exposure: Evaluates exposure to environmental, social, and governance risks by analyzing sentiment and financial data.
Supply Chain & Third Party Exposure: Assesses risks associated with third-party vendors and the supply chain by analyzing their digital footprints and security posture.
Subdomain Takeover Susceptibility: Determines the likelihood of subdomain takeover by leveraging domain intelligence and analyzing DNS records and SSL certificates.
Web Application Hijack Susceptibility: Assesses the risk of web application hijacking by analyzing external components, including domain intelligence and exposed APIs.
By understanding these risks in the context of their business operations, organizations can make informed decisions about resource allocation, security investments, and risk mitigation strategies.
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Robust due diligence capabilities stem from extensive intelligence repositories, which provide a comprehensive risk assessment that empowers organizations to make informed decisions and proactively protect their assets. This holistic approach to due diligence sets the platform apart as a leader in digital risk management.
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Various intelligence repositories are used, including:
Dark Web: Monitoring dark web forums, marketplaces, and channels uncovers hidden threats, including leaked credentials, stolen data, discussions about potential attacks, and ransomware activities targeting the organization or its partners.
ESG Violations: By actively tracking ESG violations from reputable sources, a view of a company's ethical and environmental practices is provided.
Ransomware Events: A comprehensive repository of documented ransomware experiences and chatter about organizations is maintained. This provides insights into attack patterns, the likelihood of being targeted, and potential impacts.
Compromised Credentials: Various sources are monitored for compromised credentials, including leaked databases, dark web forums, and other channels. This helps identify potential risks from leaked or stolen credentials.
SEC Form 8-Ks: A unique trove of cybersecurity intelligence derived from publicly traded U.S. companies' disclosures
External Attack Surface Management FAQ
Digital Risk Protection FAQ
Security Ratings FAQ
Cloud and SaaS Exposure Management FAQ
Third Party Risk Management FAQ