Understanding and securing your organization's attack surface is not just an IT concern—it's a business imperative. Failing to secure and protect the potential points where an unauthorized user can enter or extract data from your network or systems is as damaging as leaving your building doors wide open.

Hackers and other bad actors, like every other enterprising thief, view vulnerable access points as an invitation to enter. Securing your attack surface will help you prevent significant financial losses and fines, damage to your company’s reputation, operational disruptions, and theft of sensitive or proprietary information.

Attack Surface Simplified

Your attack surface encompasses every access point an attacker could exploit to gain unauthorized access to your system. This includes digital resources (servers and applications), physical components (endpoint devices), and user behavior.

When managing your attack surface you identify access points and potential vulnerabilities, and implement measures like Adaptive Authentication to mitigate risks. Integrating Beyond Identity enhances the overall security posture by reducing vulnerabilities and preventing unauthorized access.

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

IAM, a critical component of your security strategy, minimizes your attack surface by ensuring only authorized users and trusted devices can access your resources. Beyond Identity's approach to IAM binds the user's identity to their device, creating a stronger trust model and ensuring that access is granted only to verified users and secure, compliant devices.

Integrating Beyond Identity into your existing security architectures enhances IAM using advanced technologies like continuous risk assessments and Adaptive Authentication.​ By managing digital identities, assigning and revoking permissions, and automating access controls based on roles within the company, you maintain a robust defense against cyber threats.

Adaptive Authentication

Traditional authentication is like a mid-tier lock on a glass door. The attacker can pick  the lock using information gained from users or they can use brute force to break the lock. Adaptive Authentication minimizes the attack surface by selecting authentication factors based on perceived risk and user behavior, adding a dynamic layer of security​​.

Beyond Identity works with your existing security software to perform continuous risk assessments and device security checks​​. Unlike other adaptive or risk-based authentication solutions, Beyond Identity has no legacy solutions with perishable factors, so the baseline and lowest common denominator of security is always top-level.

Security Ecosystem Integration

Beyond Identity's solutions integrate seamlessly with other security platforms like Zscaler and Cybereason, sharing real-time risk signals and enhancing overall security architecture to further minimize your attack surface​​​​. These integrations improve detection and response to threats and comprehensive security posture management. Beyond Identity upgrades these tools to prevention-level capability while utilizing them to implement familiar safeguards, stops, and quarantines, reducing the burden on your IT/IS teams.

Zero Trust Authentication

Zero Trust Authentication denies access by default until both the user and the device are fully vetted and authenticated, further reducing the attack surface. Your security system receives continuous verification of both the user's and device's trustworthiness throughout a session, rather than just at initial login, eliminating the assumption that everything behind the corporate firewall is safe.

Maximizing Security by Minimizing Your Attack Surface

We know you want to protect your company from cyber threats. Let us help you lock down your attack surface and protect your resources. Beyond Identity’s solutions integrate with your existing security solutions to prevent unauthorized access by stopping the attackers before they enter your security perimeter.

Schedule your free demo today to see how easy it is for your security team to deploy Beyond Identity’s solutions to manage your attack surface.