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Microsoft Defender EASM

External asset exposure insights and attack surface visibility beyond the tenant

What is Defender EASM?

Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management (EASM) discovers externally facing assets across your organization and identifies shadow IT, forgotten infrastructure, and misconfigured services. It continuously monitors your external attack surface to detect changes, new exposures, and emerging risks. EASM provides risk scoring for exposed assets so security teams can prioritize remediation based on severity and exploitability.

Core Capabilities

Asset Discovery

Automatically discover internet-facing assets tied to your organization including domains, IPs, and web applications.

Shadow IT Detection

Identify unknown or unmanaged external assets and services that exist outside your security perimeter.

Vulnerability Scanning

Detect known vulnerabilities on externally exposed assets to reduce your attack surface proactively.

SSL/TLS Monitoring

Track certificate expiration, weak ciphers, and misconfigurations across your external-facing infrastructure.

Risk Prioritization

Score and prioritize external exposures by severity and exploitability to focus remediation efforts.

Security Copilot Integration

Query your external attack surface using natural language to quickly find exposed assets and risks.

Learning Resources

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