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CERT-In Cybersecurity Guidelines for OEMs & Technology Providers: Compliance Requirements and Exposure Controls
A comprehensive guide to the statutory guidelines under Section 70B of the IT Act, covering the 6-hour incident reporting window, 180-day log maintenance, and exposure control.
Financial Services Cyber Threat Report 2026: Active Ransomware Campaigns and Automated PCI-DSS Safeguards
An in-depth analysis of targeted ransomware operations, API exposure vectors, credential stuffing, and copy-pasteable PCI-DSS v4.0 remediation controls for banking security.
Healthcare & Life Sciences Cyber Threat Report 2026: Active Ransomware Campaigns and Adversarial AI Posture Mapping
An in-depth analysis of targeted ransomware operations, MITRE ATLAS adversarial machine learning taxonomies, and copy-pasteable HIPAA cloud remediation controls for ePHI security.
Government & Public Sector Cyber Threat Report 2026: Active Ransomware Campaigns and CISA BOD Compliance Mapping
An in-depth analysis of state-sponsored cyber espionage, DNS security threats, and copy-pasteable CISA BOD compliance remediation controls for government perimeter defense.
Manufacturing & OT Cyber Threat Report 2026: Active Ransomware Campaigns and IT/OT Posture Safeguards
An in-depth analysis of industrial ransomware operations, Shodan-visible HMI interfaces, VPN vulnerability vectors, and copy-pasteable NIST SP 800-82 OT controls.
Retail & eCommerce Cyber Threat Report 2026: Active Ransomware Campaigns and Magecart Skimming Safeguards
An in-depth analysis of digital skimming, credential stuffing, API data exfiltration, and copy-pasteable PCI-DSS v4.0 CSP/SRI script controls for web storefront protection.
Unified Attack Surface Management: Key Security Use Cases and Automated Safeguards
A deep-dive into standard external threat scenarios — from shadow AI infrastructure to compliance mapping and live secret validation — and how to automate their defenses.
The Definitive Guide to DPDPA 2023: Mapping India's Data Protection Act to Cloud Security Controls
A comprehensive guide for IT security teams to map core DPDPA compliance rules to automated cloud controls, configuration guidelines, and security tools.
Why Your Asset Inventory Is Lying to You — And What to Do About It
Most security teams think they know their attack surface. Our research shows the average enterprise has 40% more external-facing assets than their CMDB reports.
The Exposed S3 Bucket Problem Is Still Not Solved in 2026
Despite years of tooling improvements, public cloud misconfigurations continue to account for 21% of all breaches. Here's the attacker's perspective.
How Ransomware Crews Map Your Attack Surface Faster Than You Do
We ran Shodan, Censys, and passive DNS enumeration on 500 enterprise domains. The results will make your CISO uncomfortable.
Your AI Infrastructure Is Your New Attack Surface
Exposed Jupyter notebooks, unauthenticated Ollama endpoints, and vector database APIs — the machine learning stack has become a critical external exposure.
Continuous vs. Point-in-Time Scanning: Why the Difference Matters
Attackers work on your schedule, not your quarterly pentest cadence. We analyzed 1,200 breach timelines to prove why continuous monitoring wins.
Asset Enumeration Techniques Every Red Teamer Should Know in 2026
From passive DNS to certificate transparency logs — a practitioner's guide to mapping an organization's attack surface before the engagement officially starts.
The Shadow IT Threat: Why Unknown Asset Discovery is the First Line of Defense
You cannot protect what you do not know exists. Learn how unknown asset discovery exposes forgotten domains, cloud instances, and shadow AI systems.
Attack Path Mapping: Uncovering the Exploitation Routes to Your Critical Data
Attackers do not think in lists; they think in graphs. Discover how attack path mapping combines minor cloud misconfigurations to reveal critical compromise vectors.
Continuous Compliance: Moving Beyond Spreadsheet Audits with Compliance-as-Code
Quarterly GRC checks are a recipe for compliance drift. Learn how to leverage cloud security posture management and compliance-as-code for real-time audit readiness.
Zero-Day Rapid Response: Securing Your Assets Before Attackers Scan
When a critical vulnerability is disclosed, you have hours, not days, to act. Discover how automated attack surface management enables instantaneous detection.
Red Team Enablement: Scaling Offensive Security with Automated Reconnaissance
Stop wasting valuable time on basic asset enumeration. Automate your recon loop to focus on complex chaining and scenario execution.
Third-Party Risk Monitoring: Securing Your Digital Supply Chain
Your perimeter is only as secure as your weakest vendor. Discover how passive attack surface management lets you monitor vendor security without agents.
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The State of External Attack Surface Management 2026
Our annual survey of 500 security leaders on EASM adoption, tooling gaps, and what's actually working to reduce external risk.
Attack Path Validation: Moving Beyond CVE Lists
A framework for building a vulnerability prioritization program that aligns exploitability, exposure, and business impact — not just CVSS scores.
Cloud EASM: A Practitioner's Guide to Agentless Cloud Exposure
How to discover, classify, and remediate cloud misconfigurations without deploying agents into your AWS, GCP, or Azure environment.
Credential Exposure in the Wild: 2026 Threat Report
Analysis of 2.3M exposed credentials found in JavaScript bundles, public repositories, and breach databases — and the attack chains they enable.
Research Reports
Fortune 500 Attack Surface Benchmark Report
We scanned the external footprint of 500 enterprise organizations and scored them across 7 attack surface dimensions.
Get reportAI Infrastructure Exposure Index Q2 2026
Quarterly tracking of internet-exposed AI/ML endpoints across 10,000 organizations — including Jupyter, MLflow, and model serving APIs.
Get reportHealthcare Attack Surface Analysis 2026
A sector-wide scan of external risk in 1,200 healthcare organizations — DICOM servers, patient portals, and legacy VPN exposure.
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