Attack Surface Management (ASM) is the process of identifying, analyzing, and monitoring an organization’s externally exposed assets—such as websites, domains, subdomains, applications, APIs, or cloud systems—which could potentially be exploited by malicious actors.

ASM solutions help organizations gain visibility into their entire attack surface, identifying weak points by continuously scanning, analyzing, and monitoring these assets for changes, and issuing alerts when anomalies are detected, such as:

• Services unintentionally or improperly exposed to the internet.
• Unpatched vulnerabilities in public-facing systems.
• Detection of spoofed domains or fake websites impersonating the organization.
• Leaked APIs or unauthorized access attempts from unverified sources.
  
  

ASM is a critical tool in today’s IT landscape, where infrastructure is distributed across both on-premises and cloud environments. It enables security teams to proactively reduce risk and detect potential threats before they can be exploited.