We analyzed more than two million internet-exposed assets across cloud, on-prem, APIs, and web apps, discovered by our platform over the past 18 months. Using attacker-simulated testing, including black-box pentesting, dynamic application security testing (DAST), and active vulnerability scanning, we mapped how exploitable exposures cluster by industry and asset type. The results reveal systemic weaknesses in how organizations govern their digital perimeter, especially in environments shaped by rapid growth, third-party dependencies, and fragmented ownership.
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Cloud assets are increasingly vulnerable, now accounting for one-third of all easily exploitable security issues. Organizations using multi-cloud environments—especially outside the major providers—face significantly higher exposure to both critical and easily exploitable risks. To manage this growing threat, businesses need full visibility into their external attack surfaces and should adopt proactive, automated platforms like CyCognito to detect and remediate vulnerabilities quickly.
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Security teams are under constant pressure to find and fix vulnerabilities faster, but traditional approaches to security testing often create delays. In this blog, we explore why active security testing, despite its perception for being slow and resource intensive, is the key to achieving faster and more confident fixes. You will learn how accurate testing results drive smarter remediation decisions, how fully automated testing at scale overcomes common operational challenges, and why reducing your window of exposure requires moving beyond passive scanning. If your organization is struggling with long remediation cycles and hidden risks, this is the blueprint for accelerating your security outcomes.
Read more about Faster Fixes: Solving the Security Testing Trade-offExposure Management (EM), introduced by Gartner in 2022, represents the evolution or vulnerability management. With EM, security teams can address visibility and testing gaps, and stay ahead of threats. This blog includes six signs that your organization needs EM, and five essential requirements to implement it.
Read more about Six Signs that Exposure Management is Right for Your OrganizationMany organizations believe their security testing is robust, but common tools like vulnerability scanning and penetration testing often leave surprising gaps. Infrequent tests, limited asset coverage and inaccurate results leave exposure and risk. Achieving ideal security goals requires full coverage, high accuracy, and frequent testing—criteria most approaches struggle to deliver. CyCognito bridges these gaps with automated testing for network systems and web applications, helping organizations strengthen their security, continuously.
Read more about Think your attack surface is covered? Let’s look at the math.CyCognito just published our 2024 State of External Exposure Management Report. In this report, we looked at where serious issues hide on the average attack surface, how basic protections can help (or fail to) protect critical assets, and the ways that deprioritizing issues can help security teams spend their time on the right vulnerabilities.
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A survey of cybersecurity professionals in the U.S. and U.K. reveals challenges in web application security testing. Key findings include extensive attack surfaces due to numerous in-house and third-party applications, frequent security incidents, concerns about the effectiveness of existing tools, and inadequate testing coverage. Additionally, over half of respondents struggle to remediate discovered vulnerabilities. These findings highlight the need for improved web application security testing strategies.
Read more about Web Application Security Testing: Struggles, Shortfalls and SolutionsCyCognito shares insights showing how security teams can learn from previous incidents and leverage exposure management techniques to stay ahead of attackers.
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This GigaOm Radar report examines 22 of the leading ASM solutions in the market. It compares offerings against the key capabilities, including continuous discovery of attack surface, managing inventory of attack surface assets, identifying risks in attack surface, and false positive management. CyCognito was named a Leader and Fast Mover because of its innovative approach to asset discovery and vulnerability assessment, balanced with a solid foundation in mature platform offerings.
Read more about CyCognito Recognized as Leader in the GigaOm Radar for Attack Surface ManagementCyber Monday is right around the corner and millions of consumers will flock to ecommerce websites in search of the best deals. But can shoppers be assured that the sites they do business with are secure and compliant? Before and during the holiday shopping season, retailers need to ensure that ecommerce websites with missing WAFs, cryptographic vulnerabilities, or easily exploited critical issues.
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