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Best Software for Managing the External Attack Surface in 2023 | UpGuard

Your choice of external attack surface management software could significantly reduce your data breach risks, but only if it has the proper set of features. Your external attack surface is the sum of all the potential attack vectors outside your IT network.

Given the greater criticality of the third-party attack surface above all layers, an ideal external attack surface management tool must be capable of addressing third-party security risks as a focused risk management strategy.

Because third-party attack surface management is a function of vendor risk detection and evaluation, an external ASM solution should be integrated with https://www.upguard.com/product/vendorrisk.

The following VRM program features provide sufficient vendor risk exposure context to support effective third-party attack surface management.