Insights Into the External Enterprise Attack Surface

Overview

An organization’s digital footprint evolves organically through the adoption of cloud, new applications, devices and business relationships. Unfortunately, digital growth does not always occur under the purview of security or IT teams, commonly called shadow IT. This increases the risk of misconfigurations or applications and services receiving permissions that violate company security policies. From frontline observations and data gathered from the Mandiant Advantage platform, Mandiant has composed best practices for establishing and incorporating comprehensive attack surface management programs into cyber defense.