Our ASM Simulation Methodology
Pre-Assessment & Planning
At Secureroot, we define clear simulation objectives—whether it's identifying unmanaged digital assets, mapping third-party exposure, or understanding your overall attack surface. Our planning phase scopes in critical components like cloud platforms, public web assets, and shadow IT, ensuring that every simulation is aligned with your broader security strategy.
Asset Enumeration & Exposure Discovery
We leverage advanced automated scanners and OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) tools to uncover all externally accessible digital assets. Our team maps out asset relationships and flags hidden risks, such as duplicate DNS entries, idle subdomains, or publicly exposed development environments.
Threat Mapping & Analysis
Secureroot simulates real-world attacker behavior to pinpoint vulnerable services, leaked credentials, open ports, and misconfigured cloud resources. We analyze each threat in context, so you see not just what’s vulnerable, but how it fits into the wider risk landscape your business faces.
Reporting & Strategic Guidance
We deliver a comprehensive, executive-level report that includes visual maps of your digital surface, detailed risk scoring, asset classification trends, and clear remediation playbooks. These insights empower both technical teams and business leaders to take immediate, informed action to reduce exposure.
Attack Surface Simulation Stages
Asset Discovery
Identify all reachable digital assets, from IPs to SaaS accounts.
Vulnerability Mapping
Assess and categorize the vulnerabilities across your digital assets.
Threat Simulation
Simulate attacks to identify and exploit weaknesses in your defenses.
Risk Prioritization
Prioritize risks based on potential business impact and exploitability.
Remediation Recommendation
Provide clear recommendations to remediate vulnerabilities and reduce risk.
What Sets Secureroot’s ASM Simulation Apart
Our Attack Surface Management (ASM) simulation offers unique advantages that set us apart in the industry. By focusing on a comprehensive approach to security, we ensure that your organization is prepared for evolving threats.
Simulations are customized to your tech stack and risk profile. This ensures relevance and accurate detection of specific vulnerabilities.
Mimics how real attackers scan and probe your assets. Helps teams identify weaknesses before they’re exploited.
Trains both IT and security teams on visibility and response. Promotes faster collaboration during real-world threats.
Ranks risks based on exploitability and business impact. Prioritizes remediation for critical exposure areas.
Delivers detailed reports with executive and technical summaries. Enables smarter decisions for threat response planning.
Threat Vectors Addressed by ASM Simulation
Misconfigured Cloud Resources – Improperly set access controls on cloud platforms that leave storage buckets, databases, or services exposed to the public.
Publicly Accessible Dev/Test Systems – Non-production environments are unintentionally exposed online, often lacking proper security and mimicking live infrastructure.
Exposed Remote Desktop & Admin Panels – Unprotected RDP, SSH, or admin interfaces available over the internet, providing direct entry points for attackers.
API Vulnerabilities – Insecure, outdated, or undocumented APIs may allow data leakage, unauthorized access, or business logic abuse.
Unpatched Web Applications – Applications with known vulnerabilities that haven’t been updated are making them easy targets for exploitation.
Domain/Subdomain Takeovers – Inactive or misconfigured domains and subdomains can be hijacked to impersonate your brand or host malicious content.
Digital Footprint Expansion – Untracked growth of internet-facing assets due to scaling, third-party services, or shadow IT increases your attack surface.
Third-Party Exposure Mapping – Assessment of vendors and partners with access to your systems to uncover inherited risks or indirect points of compromise.
How Secureroot Strengthens ASM
Comprehensive Asset Discovery
- Identify all reachable digital assets, from IPs to SaaS accounts.
- Uncover hidden risks, such as unmanaged applications and exposed services.
- Map out relationships between assets to understand the full attack surface.
ASM Risk Evaluation
- Assess each asset's exposure level, exploitability, and potential business impact.
- Prioritize risks based on their potential to affect your organization’s security.
- Use industry-leading tools to analyze vulnerabilities and their exploitability.
Mitigation Strategy Development
- Provide strategic guidance to remediate discovered vulnerabilities and reduce the attack surface.
- Develop actionable plans to patch vulnerabilities, remove rogue assets, and improve defenses.
- Align remediation efforts with business priorities for effective risk reduction.
Long-Term Attack Surface Monitoring
- Enable continuous monitoring for newly exposed assets or changing security states.
- Leverage automated tools to detect new risks in real-time and stay ahead of potential threats.
- Provide periodic updates to ensure your organization remains protected over time.
Attack Surface Simulation Stages
Detect Shadow IT
Identify unauthorized and untracked IT assets operating within the organization.
Uncover Unknown Digital Assets
Discover previously unknown assets, providing visibility over your entire digital footprint.
Find Vulnerable Exposed Services
Locate exposed services that are vulnerable to external threats and attacks.
Prevent External Breach Attempts
Strengthen your defenses to prevent potential external breach attempts through weak points.
Improve Risk Prioritization
Use insights to prioritize risks based on the most critical vulnerabilities to address first.
Validate Existing Security Controls
Ensure that your current security controls are effective in mitigating risks and threats.
Understand Real Attack Vectors
Gain insights into how attackers would target your environment through real-world attack simulations.
Minimize Third-Party Risk
Evaluate and mitigate risks introduced by third-party vendors and contractors.
Streamline Asset Inventory
Maintain an up-to-date asset inventory by uncovering new devices and services automatically.
Ensure Continuous Security Posture
Maintain an ongoing security posture by continuously monitoring and assessing assets and vulnerabilities.
Measure Attack Surface Growth
Track and measure the growth of your attack surface over time to assess evolving risks.
Facilitate Proactive Remediation
Enable proactive remediation of discovered vulnerabilities to reduce overall risk.
Why Choose Secureroot’s Attack Surface Management Simulation?
Uncover Shadow IT & Rogue Assets
Discover unmanaged applications, cloud workloads that you’ve forgotten about, and unauthorized services that increase your attack surface sneakily.
Discover Internet-Exposed Vulnerabilities
Expose open ports, misconfigured services, and exposed APIs or credentials that attackers exploit.
Enhance Continuous Threat Monitoring
Run simulated attacks to validate the detection abilities and playbooks for the responses against an external force.
Reduce Exposure, Improve Resilience
Avoid digital risk by assessing and fixing the weaknesses prior to an attack.
- ASM involves identifying, monitoring, and securing all externally visible digital assets to reduce risk and prevent breaches.
- With the rise in cloud usage and remote work, organizations often lose track of all their internet-facing assets. ASM helps regain control.
- No. Our simulation uses safe, non-intrusive techniques aligned with best practices to identify exposures without impacting performance.