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State of your attack surface, improved user permissions, and many new tests

The attack surface is inevitably going to grow. That’s why we believe it’s crucial for customers to not only know what assets they are exposing online, but knowing to what extent assets are exposed on their attack surface. Previously, it wasn’t possible to filter the attack surface view by state (you can read more about state here). This limitation made it difficult to assess some Internet-facing assets, such as those that were resolving DNS records with no reachable IPs.

Detectify strengthens its authority in G2's security categories

Detectify has been recognized as a Momentum Leader in Website Security, a category for tools designed to protect business websites from internet-based threats. This recognition is awarded after factoring in social, web, employee, and review data that G2 has deemed influential in Detectify’s momentum. Besides ranking #1 on the Website Security podium, Detectify is also holding the first position in Alerting.

Enriched attack surface view, DNS filtering, and more

Taking action on your attack surface requires a complete overview of what is exposed. This includes details such as open – and previously open! – ports, DNS records, and when the asset was last seen. These details help security teams respond more effectively to issues as they occur in production. It’s now possible for Surface Monitoring customers to drill down into an asset with the new Details page, which you can access by selecting an asset from the Attack Surface view.

New functionality added to the Detectify API

Getting a complete overview of the growing attack surface is difficult. Regardless of how security is organised in your organisation, knowing what Internet-facing assets are exposed and if those assets are vulnerable across many different teams is no simple task. This is doubly true for security teams with dozens – or even hundreds! – of dev teams. We’ve now made it possible for customers on the Enterprise Plan to create and manage subteams through the Detectify API.

Improvements to scheduled scans, freshly added tests, and more

Getting the freshest insights on what vulnerabilities you have is essential for any vulnerability management program. Until recently, it wasn’t very clear when Application Scanning would execute a scan on an asset. This introduced unnecessary complexity for some users, particularly those with a large attack surface. Now, Application Scanning users can easily view all of the upcoming scans on a single page.

Detectify wins 2022 Fortress Cyber Security Award

Surface Monitoring is a leading external attack surface management (EASM) product aimed at identifying, assessing, and prioritizing web vulnerabilities. This new category of cybersecurity products provides a layer of protection that was previously unavailable to organizations due to a lack of automation and tools. Surface Monitoring was conceived based on the success of a previous security product from Detectify that had been in the market since 2015.

The role of attack surface management to bolster data breach protection

The attack surface is an organization’s digital exposure that an attacker could exploit to get unauthorized access to a system and extract data or other sensitive information. It could also be used as a point within a chain of attacks. As Organizations increasingly rely on SaaS services and products, the digital attack surface is more than the firewall and network.

Performance improvements, snappier ports, and spring cleaning

The vulnerabilities page allows you to see all findings across your attack surface. This includes simple filters that let you specify what you want to focus on, including the level of severity, which domains you want to look at, and whether it was found in the past week or the past month.

Gartner's top security threat and pentesting vs continuous scans - what you missed from Hack Yourself Stockholm 2021

Included by Gartner in 2021 as a major cybersecurity category and an emerging product, the External Attack Surface Management (EASM) term might be new. Still, the idea behind it is nothing new: identifying risks coming from internet-facing assets that an organization may be unaware of. A few companies, including Detectify, have been highlighting the importance of the attack surface and understanding the potential risks of the constantly-changing environment.

Newly minted filters, improvements to bulk actions, and SSL assessments

Remediating vulnerabilities efficiently is the cornerstone of a great vulnerability management program. Prioritizing becomes paramount as resources are often limited. Sometimes teams might pinpoint specific vulnerability types that are particularly risky for their attack surfaces, such as a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket or even a new XSS vulnerability. Users can now filter the /Vulnerabilities view by title, such as a specific type of XSS or even the CVE name.