{"id":161,"date":"2023-01-30T23:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T23:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cycognito.com\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2024-01-22T08:31:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T16:31:55","slug":"cycognito-named-large-vendor-in-forrester-external-attack-surface-management-easm-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cycognito.com\/blog\/cycognito-named-large-vendor-in-forrester-external-attack-surface-management-easm-report\/","title":{"rendered":"CyCognito Named Large Vendor in Forrester External Attack Surface Management (EASM) Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Managing the Dynamic External Landscape<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today, essentially every organization has experienced an evolution of their IT infrastructure, now having developed web applications, moved assets to public and private cloud environments and connected rapidly to partners and third parties to better serve customers and stay competitive in their marketplace. This new landscape is as dynamic as it is sprawling, something legacy vulnerability management tools were not designed to manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forrester, an analyst firm, has been monitoring this change and the new category termed External Attack Surface Management or EASM. They recently named CyCognito a large vendor in this category in their new report,\u00a0\u201cForrester External Attack Surface Management Landscape Report, Q1 2023\u201d<\/a>\u00a0which provides an overview of the\u00a0EASM landscape<\/a>, things to consider and use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uncovering Hidden Assets: External Attack Surface Management in Action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CyCognito is excited to see the EASM category gain recognition. CyCognito was founded in 2017 by ex-intelligence agency reconnaissance experts who brought a unique perspective on defenses. That experience gave them unique insight into how attackers would find a path of least resistance to exploit security blindspots. This led them to build CyCognito to perform continuous attack simulations that help organizations understand areas of weakness and eliminate organizational risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report by Forrester cites organizations found 30% more assets using an EASM tool than they knew they had. This is fairly consistent with what customers using CyCognito\u2019s platform often find, upwards of 50% more assets thanks to its deep discovery using machine learning and natural language processing without any data input, zero assumptions or configurations, and no ongoing maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Precisely Prioritizing and Remediating Risks: The CyCognito Approach to EASM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While asset discovery is a good first step to any EASM program, CyCognito believes the focus needs to be on finding, prioritizing and remediating risks for a great EASM program. The report by Forrester makes the point that IT and security need to work together. The CyCognito platform helps IT and security teams to take immediate action by giving them precise prioritization on the most critical risks and a continuous automated process protecting their constantly changing attack surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CyCognito platform is a SaaS application that helps IT operations and security teams to eliminate internet-facing risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n