Introducing Flashpoint External Attack Surface Management (EASM)

What’s new

Flashpoint External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is now live in Ignite as an add-on module for customers using Flashpoint Cyber Threat Intelligence and Vulnerability Intelligence.

This capability continuously discovers an organization’s unknown internet-facing assets and connects Flashpoint Vulnerability Intelligence to your external perimeter, so teams can prioritize and remediate the vulnerabilities attackers are actively exploiting on their attack surface.

Why it matters

Flashpoint Vulnerability Intelligence gives security teams deep context into vulnerabilities, including the 105,000+ missed by public sources and the pre-NVD findings that arrive days or weeks before public sources catch up. EASM is the operational layer that connects that intelligence to the assets they actually own.

Forrester estimates that 50% of an organization’s external internet footprint consists of assets IT doesn’t know exist. Cloud migration, shadow IT, mergers, and API sprawl create external blind spots that internal scanners and CMDBs can’t catch. At the same time, AI-assisted discovery is amplifying the challenge of remediating vulnerabilities before they can be weaponized.

When a high-severity vulnerability drops, Flashpoint customers already know about it. The harder question is whether it touches anything they actually own. Previously, that answer usually came from manual lookups, pivoting between tabs, and spreadsheets that go stale the moment they are saved.

Flashpoint EASM replaces that manual work. It turns the intelligence our customers already trust into a prioritized remediation roadmap for their internet-facing assets, so teams can act on what matters instead of chasing what doesn’t. The outcome is reduced alert fatigue, faster remediation, and a continuously monitored, de-risked perimeter.

How it works

Getting started requires minimal configuration. Enter your seed keywords, including your known domains and IP addresses, and Flashpoint EASM begins continuously discovering your connected external assets and the software running on them.

Newly discovered assets flow into a triage inbox where your team takes control of the inventory. 

• Owned assets are accepted and discovery continues to expand from those assets.
• Adjacent assets (like a Salesforce subdomain) can be acknowledged, so we continue monitoring vulnerabilities on it without expanding discovery further.
• Anything that does not belong to you is rejected.

Accepted and acknowledged assets are automatically mapped against Flashpoint’s Vulnerability Intelligence, including pre-NVD findings and actively exploited vulnerabilities. Findings populate in a single asset detail view showing which software component and version is responsible for each vulnerability, alongside exposed high-risk ports like RDP and SSH. Alerting in Ignite lets your team know when new assets are discovered or when a known exploited vulnerability is detected.

Flashpoint EASM is the natural next step for any Flashpoint customer seeking to operationalize Vulnerability Intelligence. If your team is still tracking your attack surface in spreadsheets, drowning in uncontextualized vulnerabilities, or losing ground to a shifting external footprint, contact us for a Flashpoint EASM demo.

FAQs

What does Flashpoint EASM do when a new high-severity vulnerability is disclosed?

When a known exploited vulnerability is detected on one of your accepted assets, your team is alerted automatically inside Ignite. Because Flashpoint tracks pre-NVD findings, that alert can arrive days or weeks before the vulnerability appears in public sources, giving your team a meaningful head start on remediation.

How is Flashpoint EASM different from a traditional vulnerability scanner?

Vulnerability scanners look inward at known assets and rely on NVD data, which can lag days or weeks behind active exploitation. They also cannot see assets that are not already in your inventory, which means shadow IT and forgotten infrastructure stay invisible. Flashpoint EASM discovers internet-facing assets your scanner does not know exist, and maps them to proprietary vulnerability intelligence that includes 105,000+ vulnerabilities public sources miss and pre-NVD findings. The result is coverage and context that scanners cannot provide on their own.

Does EASM cover our entire infrastructure, including internal assets and third-party vendors?

Flashpoint EASM is focused on your external, internet-facing perimeter. It discovers domains, subdomains, and IP addresses connected to your known assets. It does not cover internal infrastructure, third-party or supply chain assets, or cloud storage like S3 buckets.

We already have an EASM tool. Why would we need this?

Most EASM tools start with asset discovery and bolt on generic CVE feeds. Flashpoint starts with the deepest vulnerability intelligence on the market, including 105,000+ vulnerabilities that public sources miss and pre-NVD findings that arrive days or weeks before public sources catch up, and applies it to your assets. The difference is context. Knowing an asset exists is not the same as knowing it is running software that attackers are actively targeting.