Mandiant Attack Surface Management is a cybersecurity solution designed to provide organizations with a comprehensive view of their external digital footprint. By continuously discovering and analyzing internet-facing assets—including cloud resources, applications, and services—ASM identifies vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures. This proactive approach enables security teams to understand their attack surface from an adversary's perspective, allowing them to prioritize and remediate risks effectively.
Key Features:
- Continuous and Automated External Asset Discovery: ASM continuously identifies and monitors internet-facing assets across dynamic environments, ensuring up-to-date visibility.
- Infrastructure Integrations: The solution supports integrations with cloud and DNS providers, enhancing asset visibility and management.
- Intelligence-Informed Active and Passive Checks: Utilizing frontline intelligence, ASM performs both active and passive assessments to validate asset susceptibility to exploitation.
- Customizable Scans: Organizations can schedule daily, weekly, or on-demand scans to meet specific security requirements.
- Outcome-Based Asset Discovery: ASM allows for tailored asset discovery workflows based on specific outcomes or use cases, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Integration Support: The platform is compatible with various Security Information and Event Management , Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response , and ticketing systems, facilitating streamlined remediation processes.
Primary Value and Problem Solved:
In today's rapidly evolving IT landscape, organizations face challenges in maintaining visibility over their expanding digital environments, which include cloud services, SaaS applications, and remote work infrastructures. This expansion often leads to unknown or unmanaged assets, increasing the risk of cyber threats. Mandiant ASM addresses this challenge by providing continuous, automated discovery and analysis of external assets, enabling organizations to:
- Enhance Security Posture: By identifying vulnerabilities before they can be exploited, ASM helps organizations strengthen their defenses.
- Mitigate Risks: The solution reduces the attack surface by alerting teams to exposed assets, allowing for timely remediation.
- Achieve Comprehensive Visibility: ASM offers a detailed inventory of applications and services within the external ecosystem, ensuring no asset goes unnoticed.
By operationalizing threat intelligence and providing actionable insights, Mandiant ASM empowers organizations to proactively manage their attack surface, thereby reducing the likelihood of security breaches and ensuring a robust cybersecurity posture.