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Introducing Quantum Armor
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Attack Surface Management
Your attack surface is the sum of every attack vector that can be used to breach your perimeter defenses. In other words, it is the total quantity of information you are exposing to the outside world. Typically, the larger the attack surface, the more opportunities hackers will have to find a weak link which they can then exploit to breach your network.
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Follow the kill chain
Professional hackers typically follow the cyber kill chain when attacking a target, and surveying the target's attack surface is normally the very first step in this process; what is known as advanced reconnaissance. Reducing the attack surface can minimize risk further down the cyber kill chain, preventing attacks before they even occur by eliminating potential attack vectors as early as possible.
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Visualizing Your Attack Surface
While reducing your attack surface is in many ways your first line of defense, many organizations remain largely unaware of the size or quality of their exposure. Here's where Quantum Armor comes in. Quantum Armor is an agentless platform that automatically measures, tracks, and presents the various metrics which constitute your organization's attack surface.
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Managing Your Attack Surface
Aside from capturing a snapshot of your digital footprint, Quantum Armor also helps you track your exposure over time. Historically tracking the changes in your attack surface can help your IT team determine if, for example, a backdoor has suddenly appeared on your network or if the firewall has been misconfigured.