IDC Technology Assessment Guide

Attack Surface Management

The Foundation of Risk Management

Understand the key capabilities to look for when selecting an External Attack Surface Management solution with expert guidance and selection criteria from analyst firm IDC.

Leverage IDC’s research and insights to understand the most critical elements to create a successful attack surface management project so you can keep your internet-exposed assets safe from cyberattackers. In this Technology Assessment Guide, you will access checklists to measure potential EASM vendors in the following key areas:

• Discovering your company’s entire external attack surface to gain ultimate visibility into all your company’s assets thereby reducing the surface area for potential threats
• Attributing asset ownership and classifying assets by business purpose to streamline solutions to vulnerabilities
• Scoring findings by business risk to cut down on alert noise and prioritize the biggest risks so teams know where to focus immediately
• Testing the attack surface continuously to fill in gaps in staff skill sets or resources to decrease time-to-detection (MTTD) and time-to-remediation (MTTR)
• Integrating into existing vulnerability management workflows and providing actionable remediation planning to achieve your risk management goals