Choose Your Armor

The tools used in attack surface management help identify attack surfaces more precisely and respond to changes in risk situations.

Wilhelm Greiner

Identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities has been part of the attackers’ trade for thousands of years. Just think of Hagen von Tronje, for example, who snuck up behind Siegfried, took aim with his spear, and murdered the purportedly invulnerable hero. He knew about the weak point in Siegfried’s protective armor. Literary historians talk about Siegfried’s death as an intrigue or honor killing, but as security professionals know, it was yet another case of inadequate attack surface management. In this article, I shed light on what is important in terms of IT security when reducing the attack surface. ASM Security analysts and providers use the term “attack surface management” (ASM) to describe tools and software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings that are intended to enable enterprises – large corporations in particular – to identify their attack…

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ADMIN Network & Security (Digital) - 1 Issue, January/February 2025

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