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5.2.4. Defender External Attack Surface Management (EASM)
💡 First Principle: EASM discovers and monitors your organization's external attack surface—internet-facing assets that attackers can see and target.
Scenario: You need to discover assets in your online infrastructure and actively scan for vulnerabilities.
EASM Capabilities
- Asset discovery: Crawls and discovers internet-facing assets
- Vulnerability scanning: Actively scans discovered assets
- Connection monitoring: Discovers new connections over time
- Attack surface insights: Prioritizes risks
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