Next-Gen External Attack Surface Management
Next-gen External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is a proactive approach to cybersecurity that goes beyond traditional vulnerability scanning. It focuses on continuously discovering, monitoring, and managing an organization's internet-facing assets to identify and mitigate potential security risks before attackers can exploit them.
Here's a breakdown of what makes it "next-gen":
Comprehensive Asset Discovery: It uses advanced techniques to identify all internet-facing assets, including those that may be unknown or forgotten (shadow IT). This includes web applications, APIs, cloud resources, and IoT devices.
Continuous Monitoring: It monitors these assets for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures attackers could exploit.
Risk-Based Prioritization: It uses threat intelligence and risk scoring to prioritize remediation efforts, focusing on the most critical vulnerabilities and potential attack vectors.
Integration and Automation: It integrates with other security tools and platforms to streamline workflows and automate vulnerability scanning and remediation tasks.
Actionable Insights: It provides clear and concise reports with actionable insights to help security teams understand their attack surface and make informed decisions.
Key Benefits:
Reduced Attack Surface: By identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities, next-gen EASM helps lessen the organization's attack surface and overall risk exposure.
Proactive Security: It enables organizations to proactively identify and address security risks before attackers can exploit them.
Improved Security Posture: It helps organizations improve their security posture and resilience against cyberattacks.
Enhanced Compliance: It helps organizations meet cybersecurity regulatory requirements and compliance standards.
Next-gen EASM provides a comprehensive and continuous view of an organization's external attack surface, enabling them to proactively manage and mitigate security risks in an increasingly complex and dynamic threat landscape.
ThreatNG offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities that align well with next-gen External Attack Surface Management (EASM) requirements. Here’s a breakdown of how ThreatNG addresses those requirements:
1. Comprehensive Asset Discovery:
External Discovery: ThreatNG excels at discovering internet-facing assets without requiring any internal access or agents. It automatically scans for and identifies a wide range of assets, including:
Domains and Subdomains: It identifies all associated domains and subdomains, even those that might be forgotten or unknown to the organization.
IP Addresses and Certificates: It discovers IP addresses and analyzes TLS certificates, helping identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
Cloud and SaaS Services: ThreatNG identifies cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS applications in use by the organization, highlighting potential exposures.
Code Repositories: It discovers exposed code repositories and scans them for sensitive information like credentials and API keys.
Social Media and Online Presence: ThreatNG analyzes social media profiles and other online platforms for potential security risks and brand exposures.
Real-time Monitoring: ThreatNG continuously monitors all discovered assets for changes and new threats. This includes:
New Vulnerabilities: It continuously monitors new vulnerabilities and exposures in discovered assets.
Misconfigurations: It detects misconfigurations in cloud services, web applications, and other systems.
Domain and Subdomain Changes: It tracks changes in DNS records and SSL certificates, alerting on suspicious activity.
Dark Web Mentions: ThreatNG monitors the dark web for mentions of the organization, its domains, or its employees, providing early warnings of potential attacks.
Brand and Reputation Monitoring: It tracks social media and online platforms for negative sentiment or potential brand damage.
3. Risk-Based Prioritization:
Security Ratings: ThreatNG provides a comprehensive security rating based on various factors, including:
Web Application Hijack Susceptibility: Assesses the risk of web application hijacking based on external analysis.
Subdomain Takeover Susceptibility: Evaluates the likelihood of subdomain takeover attacks.
BEC & Phishing Susceptibility: Measures the organization's susceptibility to Business Email Compromise (BEC) and phishing attacks.
Brand Damage Susceptibility: Assesses the risk of brand damage due to security breaches, negative publicity, or ESG violations.
Data Leak Susceptibility: Evaluate the risk of data leaks based on exposed cloud services, dark web presence, and other factors.
Prioritized Reporting: ThreatNG offers prioritized reporting highlighting the most critical risks and vulnerabilities, enabling security teams to focus on the most important issues.
4. Actionable Insights:
Detailed Reports: ThreatNG offers a variety of reports, including executive summaries, technical reports, and prioritized risk assessments.
Investigation Modules: It provides in-depth investigation modules for various areas, including:
Domain Intelligence: Offers comprehensive analysis of domain names, DNS records, email configurations, and other domain-related information.
IP Intelligence: Provides detailed information about IP addresses, including geolocation, ownership, and associated domains.
Certificate Intelligence: Analyzes SSL certificates for potential vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
Sensitive Code Exposure: Identifies and analyzes exposed code repositories for sensitive information.
Cloud and SaaS Exposure: Provides detailed information about cloud services and SaaS applications, highlighting potential exposures.
Dark Web Presence: Monitors the dark web for mentions of the organization and its assets.
ThreatNG working with complementary solutions:
ThreatNG complements existing security solutions by providing a comprehensive view of the external attack surface and identifying risks that traditional tools might miss. For example:
Vulnerability Scanners: ThreatNG can identify unknown web applications and cloud assets, allowing vulnerability scanners to perform more comprehensive scans.
SIEMs and SOARs: ThreatNG can feed its findings into SIEMs and SOARs, enriching security event data and enabling automated incident response.
Threat Intelligence Platforms: ThreatNG's dark web monitoring and threat intelligence can be integrated with threat intelligence platforms to provide a more complete picture of the threat landscape.
By integrating these complementary solutions, ThreatNG helps organizations improve their security posture and reduce their risk exposure.
