What are shadow or rogue assets, and how does Hackerview help identify them?

As organizations grow, keeping track of and recording all the various External Assets becomes cumbersome. Often, an organization ends up deploying more assets than needed and then forgetting about them. These assets are termed Rogue assets or Shadow Assets. External Attack Surface Management provided by CTM360 helps tackle this issue by using pivoting points within your external attack surface to identify and link additional assets related to your organization.

What are externally facing assets or publicly accessible assets?

Any digital asset, such as a domain, subdomain, or IP address that anyone on the internet can access, is an externally-facing or publicly accessible asset.

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Q: What pivoting points does Hackerview or CTM360 utilize?

The platform can pivot via various points such as WHOIS Records, Reverse WHOIS records, DNS Entries, SSL Certificates, and more.

Q: What is External Attack Surface Management?

External Attack Surface Management (EASM) continuously identifies, monitors, and secures an organization's externally-facing or publicly accessible assets. This process enables organizations to address weaknesses, misconfigurations, and potential entry points that adversaries could exploit to gain unauthorized access or cause harm.

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Day one visibility and control for you, the end-user of your organization's external security posture. Does not require any input, installation, or configuration.

Automated Digital Assets Inventory

HackerView gives you an inventory of your genuine digital assets in cyberspace and offers a graphical representation of your organization's external attack surface.

Identify All Known and Unknown (Shadow IT) Assets

Discovery and mapping of all digital assets that may have been created with or without your knowledge, under the ownership of your organization.

Daily Monitoring of Digital Assets

Enables you to identify new assets and detects timely Indicators of Exposure, in a tangible and measurable manner.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is External Attack Surface Management?

External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is the process of continuously identifying, monitoring, and securing an organization's externally facing or publicly accessible assets. This process enables organizations to address weaknesses, misconfigurations, and potential entry points that adversaries could exploit to gain unauthorized access or cause harm.

What are shadow IT or rogue assets, and how does Hackerview help identify them?

Shadow or rogue assets are externally facing assets created without proper security oversight or in violation of the company-defined conventions. Often created by employees, brand teams, or other business units.
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Examples include:

Forgotten or abandoned domains and subdomains
Test, staging, or development servers exposed to the internet
Unapproved cloud instances, storage buckets, or SaaS tools
Visibility on exposed and misconfigured APIs created for testing or integrations

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As organizations grow digitally, keeping track of and continuously monitoring all owned External Assets becomes cumbersome.

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CTM360 addresses this challenge by consolidating an inventoried catalog of all external-facing assets, preconfigured without requiring end-user input, helping organizations maintain full visibility and control over their digital assets.

What visibility would I gain from EASM?

CTM360’s asset discovery process is designed to help organizations keep track of all their internet-facing digital assets. With detailed categories for domains, IP addresses, hosts, websites, etc., EASM enables a clear and comprehensive inventory, helping you understand your online presence and attack surface.

What pivoting points does Hackerview or CTM360 utilize?

The platform can pivot across various data sources, including WHOIS Records, Reverse WHOIS records, DNS Entries, SSL Certificates, and more.

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