TrendAI Vision One™ - Attack Surface Management (ASM)

Find Every Asset. Eliminate Blind Spots.

Attack Surface Management (ASM) is the discovery, assessment, and mitigation of threats to an organization's IT ecosystem [citation:7]. TrendAI Vision One™ Attack Surface Management helps you discover and inventory every asset across your organization—including unknown, unmanaged, and third-party assets—to eliminate blind spots and map exposures to real business impact [citation:2].

Key Capabilities

• Continuous Discovery: Continuously uncover known, unknown, unmanaged, and third-party assets across your environment so you eliminate blind spots and start with a complete, real-time view of exposure [citation:2].
• External Attack Surface Management (EASM): Monitor internet-facing assets to uncover unknown exposures, misconfigurations, and shadow IT before attackers find them [citation:2].
• Comprehensive Asset Inventory: Gain full visibility into your entire IT ecosystem, identifying all known and unknown devices, software, systems, and access points [citation:7].
• Risk Scoring and Prioritization: Each risk is scored, allowing security teams to prioritize the ones that need to be addressed most urgently based on level of risk, likelihood of attack, potential harms, and difficulty of remediation [citation:7].
• Shadow IT Discovery: Identify unsanctioned tools used by employees that are not part of the known IT environment to eliminate the vulnerabilities they create [citation:7].

ASM vs. CREM

Attack Surface Management is an essential element of Cyber Risk Exposure Management. Together, they help organizations improve their cybersecurity situational awareness, proactively identifying, prioritizing, and mitigating threats [citation:7]. CREM combines key capabilities like External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM), and Vulnerability Management into one powerful solution [citation:7].

How ASM Works

• Discovery: Defines the attack surface and all assets that comprise it. The goal is to identify all known and unknown devices, software, systems, and access points—even shadow IT apps and third-party technologies [citation:7].
• Assessment: Each asset is assessed for potential vulnerabilities—from misconfigurations and coding errors to susceptibility to phishing or BEC. Each risk is scored to prioritize what needs to be addressed most urgently [citation:7].
• Mitigation: Taking action to deal with vulnerabilities that have been discovered—running software updates, installing patches, setting up security controls, or implementing frameworks like zero trust [citation:7].

Licensing & Availability

ASM is available as part of the TrendAI Vision One™ platform through the TrendAI™ Flex credit-based licensing model. A single license provides access to 30+ solutions. Includes 24x7 support with direct ticket access from your TrendAI Vision One™ console.