What Is Exposure Management?
Search Security, Monday, July 22nd, 2024
Exposure management is a cybersecurity approach to protecting exploitable IT assets. It involves identifying, monitoring, preventing and remediating risks and vulnerabilities on exposed assets, such as endpoints, servers, applications and cloud-based resources.
The goal of exposure management -- sometimes referred to as cyberthreat exposure management, threat exposure management or continuous threat exposure management -- is to examine the attack surface of an organization to detect and address vulnerabilities and security blind spots before malicious actors find them. This helps organizations protect their attack surface; keep IT assets secure; and prevent cyberthreats, such as data breaches. It is also a key component of the risk assessment process, helping organizations assess levels of risk and their potential impacts on the business.
How organizations conduct exposure management is unique to their business model and stakeholders. The process generally includes the following steps: