Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

Leverage the power of NST Assure’s Exposure Assessment and Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) to rapidly and effectively launch external Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) programs.
By combining AI-driven analysis with expert-led adversarial validation, NST Assure empowers organizations to identify, prioritize, and mitigate high-impact exposures—transforming raw vulnerability data into actionable risk intelligence that drives meaningful and measurable risk reduction.

Threat Surfaces Across All Channels & Asset Types

Ensuring active Exposure Assessment and management of threat surfaces across all channels and asset types to enable comprehensive visibility, a clear understanding of the security landscape, and proactive vulnerability remediation.
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Apps and Infra

  • Web Applications
  • APIs & Services
  • Mobiles Apps & Cloud Apps
  • Storage & Data Services
  • Infrastructure Assets
All Types of Exposed Digital Assets
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Environments

  • On-Premise
  • Cloud
  • Hybrid
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Channels

  • Internet
  • Deep Web
  • Dark Web
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Components

  • Frontend/Backend Libraries
  • SDKs/Plugins
  • Shared Services

All Potential Attack Vectors and Vulnerabilities

Go beyond passive discovery with active enumeration techniques that reveal hidden exposures.
Identify vulnerabilities across all environments and workloads, including cloud, web, mobile, and infrastructure.
Uncover potential attack paths that threat actors could exploit for INITIAL ACCESS.
Simulate adversary behavior using MITRE PRE-ATT&CK-aligned tactics and techniques to expose real-world risk.

Exposure Discovery and Validation

Detect and validate unintentional data and asset exposures of all types before they're misused by attackers
Unintended Asset Exposures
Misconfigurations in Cloud Assets
Unencrypted Communication Channels
Sensitive Path Exposures
Use of Default Credentials
Leaked Organization Data from Public Breaches
Personal/Payment Information Leaks
Insecure Service Exposures
Sensitive Data Leakage Through Meta Files
Hard-coded Credentials & Other Sensitive Data in Exposed Code Repositories
Accidental Data Leaks
Configuration Flaws
Unsecured Databases

Agentic AI–Assisted Exposure Assessment & Adversarial Validation

Transform your defense strategy with proactive threat profiling, Agentic AI–driven risk prediction, deep component-level vulnerability analysis, and automated adversarial validation, enabling faster and smarter exposure mitigation.

Threat Profiling with Contextual Precision

Proactive Scouting

Continuously scout for vulnerabilities likely to be exploited by APTs, ransomware groups, or targeted threat actors.

Asset-Centric Threat Profiling

Map exposures in the context of asset value and business function to enhance impact analysis and response decisions.

Correlation

Dynamically correlate exposures with risk indicators using Agentic AI–driven discovery and validation.

Noise Reduction

Minimize false positives through intelligent correlation and historical vulnerability behavior analysis.

Threat prediction

Enhance proactive defense with AI-driven threat prediction, leveraging real-time insights and contextual intelligence to anticipate and prioritize exploitation risks before they materialize.
Key Factors Considered:
Potential Business Impact
Exposure Level & Asset Sensitivity
Exploit Availability
Attack Trends & Adversary TTPs
Industry & Regional Threat Relevance
Vulnerability Chaining Potential

Threat prediction

Validation of attack surface data with Machine Learning to ensure accuracy and confidence

Component Vulnerability Analysis

Threat Prediction
SDK-Specific Analysis
Real-time Continuous Monitoring
Vulnerability Database Correlation
Zero-Day Risk Prioritization
Deep Component Inspection
Plugin Vulnerability Profiling
Library Risk Assessment

Validation and Contextualization

Accelerate exposure validation and enrich risk insights through intelligent automation—linking vulnerabilities to business context, exploitability, and threat relevance in real time.

Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV)

Combining the power of automation with expert-driven analysis to continuously validate the most critical and exploitable vulnerabilities. This approach enables targeted adversarial testing of your external attack surface, prioritizing what matters most, confirming real-world exploitability, and facilitating focused, high-impact remediation.

Continuous Adversarial Testing Focused on Real-World, High-Impact Exposures

Targeted Validation 

Safely exploit high-risk external assets to confirm impact and eliminate guesswork.

Adversary-Led Discovery

Focused approach to testing and resolving what attackers can exploit.

Risk-Driven Prioritization

Rank exposures by exploitability, impact, and threat relevance for focused remediation.

Actionable Focus

Reduce alert fatigue—empower teams to act on what truly matters.

Validate & Respond to the Vulnerabilities that Attackers are Likely to Exploit

Critical Few, Not the Noisy Many
Zero in on the small subset of vulnerabilities that actually warrant remediation.
Precision-Driven Risk Management
Validate and prioritize only those exposures with real-world exploitability and business impact.
Smart Vulnerability Prioritization
Curated by:
• Asset Sensitivity
• Deployment Context
• Exploitation Trends &
• Region-Specific Adversary Focus

Assess Real Business Impact-
Before Attackers Do

Maintain Cyber Hygiene

Gauge exploit likelihood and severity to reduce risk and strengthen baseline defenses.

Disrupt Attacker Advantage

Safely validate exploitability of high-risk vulnerabilities to stay ahead of real-world threats.

Close the Loop on Exposure

Simulate safe exploitation to confirm impact, shut down attack paths, and harden defenses.

Measure What Matters

Emulate advanced attacker tactics to assess the commercial impact of validated vulnerabilities.

Adaptive Threat Emulation Driven by Evolving Risk signals.

Change-Triggered Validation
Automated adversary simulations activated by shifts in external posture or configuration changes.
Always-On Adaptability
Continuous, real-time validation that evolves alongside your environment to ensure ongoing protection.
Zero-Day & Trend Monitoring
Stay ahead of emerging threats by evaluating exposures tied to trending and high-risk vulnerabilities.
Resilience Assessment
Periodically emulate attacker behavior to measure the effectiveness of existing security controls under real-world conditions.

Rapidly Identify, Validate & Act on Vulnerabilities That Truly Impact Your Business.

Empower Security Decision-Making with AI/ML: Prioritize Vulnerabilities, Assess Risk, Analyze Trends, and Enhance Security

Focus on The Few That Matter-Ignore The Noise

Curation

Intelligently surface the small subset of vulnerabilities that warrant immediate attention.

Focus

Emphasize exposures likely to be targeted for initial access by real-world adversaries.

Prioritize

Rank vulnerabilities by asset sensitivity, exposure context, and business impact.

Exploitation

Safely validate exploitability through controlled, adversary-aligned testing.

Continuously Measure What’s Exposed-and How Much it Matters

Programmatic risk scoring across asset exposure categories, adapting in real-time.
Includes validated direct and associated vulnerabilities, contextualized by service criticality.
Continuously updated metrics to drive informed, risk-aware security decisions.

Track Risk. Measure Impact. Strengthen Strategy.

Analyze historical trends in asset categories and organization-wide risk scores.
Continuously monitor external posture to assess security control effectiveness.
Gain near real-time visibility into shifts in exposure and security maturity.
Access CISO-level metrics to evaluate ROI from external security initiatives.

Adaptive Intelligence

Uncover

Hidden exposures through correlated asset and vulnerability data.

Track

Evolving risks with continuous exposure monitoring.

Correlate

Threat intel with validated vulnerabilities for real-world relevance.

Decide

Smarter with context-driven, risk-informed actions.

Swift Detection. Rapid Response.

Enable blue teams with real-time discovery, validated vulnerability insights, and expert-guided response - ensuring faster mitigation of zero-day and high-impact threats.

Immediate Notification

Instant alerts for critical and high-severity exposures.
Equip blue teams to act fast on validated vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and inadvertent leaks.
Timely, exploitability-confirmed intelligence to prevent breaches before they happen.

Exploitation Intelligence

Defense

Detect zero-day threats before they’re weaponized.

Prioritization

Focus response on exploitable zero-day exposures.

Insight

Understand attacker techniques targeting emerging vulnerabilities.

Validation

Confirm real-world exploitability to prevent high-impact breaches.

Expert-Backed Insights

Get real-time support for external attack surface concerns from seasoned security experts.
Address high-severity vulnerabilities with confidence through expert-led revalidation.
Collaborate with top-tier professionals to understand and act on critical exposures.
Receive tailored guidance aligned with your organization’s unique risk profile.

Timely Vulnerability Intelligence

Timely

Stay ahead with prompt intelligence to mitigate risk before exploitation.

Actionable

Access consumable feeds with clear, guided remediation steps.

Adversary-Aware

Understand attacker TTPs to enhance defense strategies.

Zero-Day Ready

Validate emerging zero-days through passive and component-based analysis—even without public exploits.

Continuous Perimeter Security Control Validation

Ongoing verification of perimeter defenses to ensure sustained effectiveness, resilience, and alignment with evolving threats.

Perimeter Control Validation

Ensure perimeter defenses remain effective against dynamic threat conditions.

Cyber Threat Informed Defense (CTID™)

Derive actionable intelligence from exposure insights and adversarial behavior to drive threat-aligned validation and prioritization.

AI-Driven Risk Prioritization

Continuously analyze and score exposures based on exploitability and potential business impact.

Focused Validation of Critical Exposures

Prioritize and validate high-risk vulnerabilities to streamline remediation.

On-Demand Validation Support

Access expert support to rapidly assess emerging or suspected exposures.

Sensitive Data Exposure Alerts

Receive immediate alerts on exposure of sensitive or regulated data.

Inadvertent Exposure Detection

Identify and validate accidental misconfigurations or leaks in real time.

Exposure Trend Analysis

Monitor exposure trends to adjust defense strategies and improve risk posture.

Controlled Exploitation for Impact Validation

Conduct safe simulations to assess actual business impact of validated exposures.

Asset-Centric Threat Modeling

Contextualize threats based on asset value and relevance to sharpen prioritization.

Breach-Linked Exposure Correlation

Correlate exposures with known breach patterns to guide urgent remediation efforts.

Data from Your Attack Surface

Generate automated, scalable responses with intelligence that systems can act on—faster than humans.

  • Structured threat data mapped to adversary behaviors (TTPs)
  • Integrated feeds to enrich detection, response, and validation workflows
  • Real-time updates for evolving threat landscapes
  • Supports automated control validation and rapid decision-making

Assurance for Perimeter Defense

Ensure your defenses work—continuously, effectively, and measurably.
Ongoing verification of external security control presence and functionality
Frequent testing using modern evasive techniques and payloads
Evaluate the effectiveness of WAF, WAAP, CDN/ALB/SLB, Firewalls, DNS & Email Security
Generate meaningful metrics to assess ROI from deployed controls
Gain insights for optimization and improved security posture

Cyber Threat-Informed Defense (CTID™) Intelligence

Defense Instrumentation

Convert threat surface observations into control-hardening strategies.

Machine Readable

Translate evasion data into Machine-Readable Threat Intelligence (MRTI) for automated ingestion.

Actionable

Generate dynamic intelligence to optimize defense rules in real time.

Integrated

Seamlessly deliver CTID™ insights to upstream systems like firewalls, WAFs, and security gateways.

Continuous Threat Surface Observability

Tailored intelligence for continuous monitoring based on real-time threat surface insights
Proactive detection of attack attempts targeting unremediated vulnerabilities
Curated threat intel sharing by industry and threat relevance
Fast threat identification and prioritization for immediate investigation and response

External Cyber Resilience

Dynamic Defense

Continuously refresh and adapt controls as external posture evolves.

Control Validation

Ensure effectiveness through constant testing against real-world attack scenarios.

Measurable

Quantify resilience against both inherent and residual threats.

Contextualized

Drive targeted responses based on asset value and threat context—not generic playbooks.

Compliance Assurance

Transform compliance from a reactive checklist to a real-time, risk-aligned capability.

Compliance Assurance

Real-Time Monitoring
Continuously scan your external environment for vulnerabilities impacting key compliance mandates such as:
  • PCI DSS
  • GDPR
  • HIPAA
  • NIST
  • CMMC
  • ISO 27001
Threat-Aligned Compliance Strategy
Bridge security and compliance by integrating monitoring with proactive threat management and exposure validation.
Operational Efficiency & ROI
Automated assessments, remediation guidance, and instant reporting reduce overhead, minimize audit fatigue, and lower the risk of regulatory penalties.

Compliance Surveillance & Insights

Proactively manage risk and ensure compliance through continuous external visibility and expert-guided remediation.

Identify weak points across your attack surface

Prioritize risks with contextual scoring

Execute tailored mitigation strategies

Maintain real-time compliance visibility and audit readiness

Better ROI through effortless, proactive compliance management integrated with cyber threat management

Compliance Benefits

Simplify complex compliance landscapes with continuous posture analysis and actionable intelligence.
Convert compliance into a competitive advantage through proactive controls and risk reduction
Save time and resources while reducing the likelihood of fines or legal exposure
Strengthen long-term resilience through automated risk detection and mitigation workflows

Compliance Framework

Future-proof your compliance program with flexibility, speed, and strategic alignment.

Keep pace with evolving regulations through dynamic updates

Scale across business units and industries without disruption

Seamlessly integrate with your existing security infrastructure

Deliver audit-ready reports and executive insights with minimal effort

Evolve compliance from a static obligation to a strategic driver of security maturity and business agility.

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