This is the last of the four blogs (Help, I can’t see! A Primer for Attack Surface Management Blog Series, The Main Components of an Attack Surface Management (ASM) Strategy, and Understanding your Attack Surface: Different Approaches to Asset Discovery) covering the foundational elements of Attack Surface Management (ASM), and this topic covers one of the main drivers for ASM and why companies are investing in it, the context it delivers to inform better security decision making.
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Source: Rapid7
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