What is External Attack Surface Management (EASM) and How Can You Secure It?

In 2005, a group posing as landscapers executed Brazil’s largest bank robbery, revealing the importance of External Attack Surface Management (EASM). Today, with the rise of cyber threats, understanding and securing your external attack surface is crucial. Here’s a breakdown:

Understanding External Attack Surface

Your external attack surface encompasses all digital entry points vulnerable to outside threats, including servers, APIs, and weak credentials.

Why It’s Expanding

The growth of cloud computing and decentralization, accelerated by events like COVID-19, has exponentially expanded attack surfaces, incorporating extended ecosystems of partners and vendors.

Securing Your Extended External Attack Surface

Traditional perimeter defenses are insufficient. Adopt an outside-in approach with EASM, continuously identifying and addressing vulnerabilities across your digital ecosystem.

Key Features of EASM Solutions

Look for tools that provide comprehensive visibility, monitor for exposures in rreal time and offer actionable alerts prioritized by criticality. Focus areas include vulnerable shadow IT, data exposure, credential leaks, malicious domains, and dark web activity.

Securing your external attack surface requires proactive measures and specialized technology to mitigate risks effectively.

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