Exposed asset awareness
Surfaces internet-facing assets tied to your organization or a vendor — with details like open ports, technologies, hosting, and certificate health — and flags shadow IT that is not in your known inventory.
External Attack Surface Management
See what's exposed across your external attack surface
VeriGRC surfaces exposed assets, tracks the vulnerabilities and dark-web and brand-threat signals tied to them, and turns them into prioritized findings — feeding your vendor risk and security ratings so external exposure does not stay invisible.
Exposure you can see — and act on
Attackers look at what is reachable from the outside: forgotten subdomains, exposed services, expiring certificates, leaked credentials, and lookalike domains. VeriGRC brings those external signals together as findings against the assets they affect — so external exposure becomes something your team can prioritize and work, not a blind spot between assessments.
What you can do
Exposed-asset awareness, prioritized risk signals, and findings that feed the rest of your vendor risk picture.
Vulnerability and risk signals
Tracks vulnerabilities on discovered assets with industry-standard context — CVSS severity, EPSS exploit-likelihood, and CISA KEV known-exploited status — so the signals that matter rise to the top.
Dark-web and credential signals
Surfaces dark-web signals such as leaked credentials, data exposure, and executive exposure — each scored for confidence and business relevance before it reaches your team.
Brand and lookalike signals
Surfaces lookalike and impersonation signals — domains that resemble yours, with similarity, registrar, and certificate context — so phishing infrastructure targeting your brand does not go unnoticed.
AI triage and prioritization
AI triages high-severity findings, scoring and explaining them so analysts spend time on what is exploitable and relevant — not on raw, unranked output.
Response playbooks
Findings can trigger response playbooks that notify owners, open tickets, and route findings for review, escalation, or follow-up — with critical, known-exploited issues always sent for human review.
From signal to action
Raw exposure data is noise. VeriGRC turns it into a short list of findings worth acting on.
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Assets and signals are surfaced
VeriGRC surfaces internet-facing assets and the exposure signals tied to them — vulnerabilities, dark-web findings, and brand threats — as findings against the assets they affect.
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AI triage prioritizes what matters
High-severity findings are triaged and scored — using CVSS severity, EPSS exploit-likelihood, and known-exploited status — so the exploitable and relevant rise above the noise.
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Findings drive response
Prioritized findings can open tickets, notify owners, and route for review, escalation, or follow-up — and roll up into the affected vendor's risk picture.
Exposure that rolls up into vendor risk
External exposure is not a separate report — it is an input into how risky a vendor actually is. A vendor's exposure score feeds its composite vendor risk score alongside assessment results and security ratings, and exposure signals like leaked credentials flow into the security rating itself. So when a vendor's external posture worsens, it shows up where your team already looks — not in a tool nobody opens.
Connected to the rest of your program
External exposure is one lens on vendor risk, not the whole picture. EASM findings inform your third-party risk reviews, contribute to vendor security ratings, feed your risk register, and surface through the AI Assistant in context. Explore the full platform.
External attack surface management — frequently asked questions
What is external attack surface management (EASM)?
External attack surface management is the practice of discovering and keeping visibility into the internet-facing assets and exposures an organization presents to the outside world. VeriGRC brings exposed assets, vulnerabilities, dark-web findings, and brand threats together as prioritized findings, and feeds them into your vendor risk picture.
What does VeriGRC's EASM surface?
It surfaces internet-facing assets and the exposure signals tied to them — vulnerabilities with CVSS, EPSS, and CISA KEV context; dark-web findings such as leaked credentials and executive exposure; and brand threats like lookalike domains — along with shadow IT assets that are not in your known inventory.
How does VeriGRC help prioritize exposure findings?
Each vulnerability carries industry-standard context — severity (CVSS), exploit likelihood (EPSS), and whether it is on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list — and AI triage scores and explains high-severity findings, so your team focuses on what is exploitable and relevant rather than raw output.
How does EASM connect to vendor risk and security ratings?
A vendor's external exposure score feeds its composite vendor risk score alongside assessment results and security ratings, and exposure signals such as leaked credentials flow into the security rating itself — so a worsening external posture shows up where your team already works.
Can EASM findings trigger a response?
Yes. Findings can trigger response playbooks that notify owners, open tickets, and route findings for review, escalation, or follow-up. Critical, known-exploited issues are always sent for human review rather than acted on automatically.
How does EASM fit the rest of my GRC program?
Because the platform shares one data model, EASM findings connect to third-party risk, contribute to vendor security ratings, feed your risk register, and are available to the AI Assistant in context — without manual exports.