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Glossary Defense & Monitoring Updated Jun 12, 2026

Attack Surface Monitoring

Continuous discovery and monitoring of internet-facing assets and exposures that attackers could exploit.

Also known as attack surface management external attack surface

Attack surface monitoring is the ongoing process of identifying and tracking an organization's exposed digital assets, misconfigurations, and credential leaks. Traditional attack surface management focuses on domains, IPs, and cloud resources. Modern programs also include identity exposure from infostealer infections.

An employee's compromised session cookie is part of your attack surface even if your perimeter firewall is perfectly configured. Combining external asset discovery with infostealer intelligence gives a more complete picture of what attackers can actually reach.

Check whether your domain appears in stealer logs with our domain infection guide.

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