deepthi sWhat if the biggest threat to your company isn’t behind your firewall, but quietly sitting online, and you don’t even know it exists?
From forgotten test servers to misconfigured cloud buckets, your digital footprint is much larger than you think. Every exposed port, public-facing domain, and employee-created service adds to your attack surface, and most businesses are only seeing part of it.
In the last year alone, 14% of all cybersecurity breaches started with a vulnerability exploit. That’s triple the rate from the year before.
Most internal tools don’t give you a complete report on what’s inside your network. But attackers look at your organisation from the outside. That’s why businesses are switching to Attack Surface Monitoring (ASM) tools.
In this blog, we’ll break down why more businesses are turning to ASM, the risks of ignoring it, and the key challenges it helps solve in today’s threat landscape.
Why Choose Mitigata for Attack Surface Monitoring
Over 800+ businesses trust Mitigata to keep their digital boundaries secure. With experience across 25+ industries and a 99.7% threat detection accuracy, we help secure organisations’ digital footprint.
What Do We Monitor?
- Domains and Subdomains – Identify exposed, expired, or forgotten web assets.
- Cloud Services and IPs – Detect misconfigurations, open ports, and outdated systems.
- Mobile Apps and APIs – Monitor for hidden vulnerabilities or insecure endpoints.
- Email Infrastructure – Validate SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to prevent spoofing attacks.
- Social Engineering Risks – Flag lookalike domains, fake sites, and phishing attempts targeting your brand.
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Mitigata by the Numbers: Real Visibility, Real Control
- 99.7% Threat Detection Accuracy – Reduces false positives and missed alerts.
- 85% Faster Response Time – Clients resolve potential threats faster than industry averages.
- Zero Critical Exploits – No major breaches reported by clients monitored for over a year.
- 1.2 Lakhs+ Assets Monitored – Across web, cloud, and mobile ecosystems.
- 25+ Industries Secured – From fintech to healthcare to manufacturing.
Why Traditional Monitoring Isn’t Enough
The days of installing only a firewall to secure your organisation are over.
In 2025, digital ecosystems are moving faster, expanding wider, and changing every minute. Many businesses, however, continue to use outdated models that focus on known assets within fixed networks. It waits for something to go wrong, then sounds the alarm. But by then, attackers have already found your weak spots.
A survey found that 62% of organisations experienced an increase in their attack surface over the last two years, due to more third-party connections and the broader adoption of IoT and operational technology. If your employees are working out of coffee shops, accessing cloud applications on personal devices, and onboarding third-party services, it would take a lot of time for your security teams to find the threats.
Another survey found that 45% of organisations couldn’t identify what software employees use, 41% couldn’t determine vulnerabilities on those systems, and 38% lacked data on what devices were accessing their network.
These are the reasons that suggest why businesses are looking for visibility that is continuous, adaptive, and driven by real-time intelligence.
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What is Attack Surface Monitoring and why it matters?
Your company’s attack surface includes websites, servers, APIs, cloud setups, email gateways, and even your employees’ personal mobile apps. Every new tool or service adds to it, and every forgotten asset becomes a hidden risk.
Attack Surface Monitoring (ASM) is the continuous process of discovering and tracking all these external assets. It identifies vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposures before cybercriminals can take advantage of them. It is equivalent to looking at your business from a hacker’s perspective, 24/7.
In practical terms, this means:
- Discovering shadow IT before attackers do
- Identifying misconfigurations in cloud environments immediately
- Detecting exposed sensitive data in real-time
- Monitoring third-party risks continuously
- Prioritising remediation based on actual exploitability, not just vulnerability scores
Recent studies show that 45% of companies still struggle to maintain a complete inventory of their internet-facing assets. This lack of visibility is one of the biggest causes of modern breaches.
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Common Challenges in Managing Your Attack Surface
The following are some of the most common issues faced by enterprises while managing the attack surface:
Limited visibility: Many assets are outside of company monitoring systems, particularly in the cloud or across remote networks.
Shadow IT: Employees often create new resources, apps, or test environments without informing their IT teams, exposing vulnerabilities to attackers.
Fragmented tools and teams: Security data is often scattered across departments and platforms, slowing detection and response.
Data overload: Too many warnings and insufficient information make it difficult to prioritise urgent risks.
Third-party vulnerability: Partner integrations and supply chain providers broaden your attack surface beyond what you can directly control.
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Conclusion
If you’re still wondering whether traditional monitoring methods can protect you from attackers, then you’re already falling behind. Attack Surface Monitoring gives you the visibility, context and speed needed to stay ahead in 2025.
At Mitigata, we specialise in External Attack Surface Monitoring that gives you real-time insight into domains, subdomains, IPs and mobile apps – all the parts of your digital presence that matter.
Ready to see your digital world the way attackers do?
Contact Mitigata today!
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