Explore Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) solutions
See all your internal and external assets in one place. Up-front cost involved but with limitations on reporting, scalability, audit readiness and reliability.
- Simple to implement
- Limited internal resource required
- All data connections and integrations managed
- No business context or data enrichment capabilities
Buyer's checklist
Why understanding your attack surface only goes so far in supporting your assurance approach
CAASM provides users with visibility into an organization's asset attack surface. By consolidating data from across an organization's attack surface into one single view, security teams can identify exposure, vulnerabilities, necessary remediation, and mitigation actions.
Point-in-time asset inventory reporting helps in the attempt to achieve regulatory and internal compliance requirements.
However, the lack of a continuous viewpoint, advanced entity resolution and direct data lineage can make ownership data inaccurate and provides little by way of becoming audit-ready. DORA and NIS2 both require continuous monitoring — a point-in-time CAASM view does not satisfy either regulation.
Pros
- Boosts efficiency of cybersecurity operations by breaking down the data silos between teams and their tools
- Supports regulatory compliance with point-in-time reporting
- Operationally reliable with a simple step-by-step deployment
Cons
- No continuous viewpoint — does not satisfy DORA or NIS2 continuous monitoring requirements
- No data lineage visibility or tracking
- Lacks business context for executive influence and board reporting
- No AI-powered compound risk detection or metric triage
- High risk of duplicating spend when CCM is subsequently introduced
Panaseer recommendation
CAASM does not provide sufficient reporting or controls monitoring capabilities to adequately manage a controls assurance program under current regulatory requirements. Organizations investing in CAASM run the very high risk of duplicating spend when they opt to introduce a CCM program to manage the regulatory and compliance demands that CAASM cannot fulfil. Confidence in controls data is vital to minimize the impact of DORA, NIS2, and SEC disclosure rules — invalidated inventories create mistrust in the data and outputs.