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Attack Surface Management: State of the Art and Operational Challenges

HUSÁK, Martin and Lukáš SADLEK

Basic information

Original name

Attack Surface Management: State of the Art and Operational Challenges

Authors

HUSÁK, Martin and Lukáš SADLEK

Edition

New York, NY, 2025 IEEE 11th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), p. 597-602, 6 pp. 2025

Publisher

IEEE

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Proceedings paper

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

Marked to be transferred to RIV

No

Organization

Ústav výpočetní techniky – Repository – Repository

ISBN

979-8-3315-4346-4

ISSN

Keywords in English

network security; attack surface; network scanning; network monitoring; orchestration

Links

101119681, interní kód Repo.
Changed: 21/3/2026 00:50, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

In the original language

In this paper, we approach the topic of ASM, place the task in the context of cybersecurity operations, review the current methods, and discuss their issues and challenges. We outline an ASM pipeline consisting of common tasks and review the usability of the existing tools. We pinpoint that there is a trade-off between scope and precision of the existing tools that should be taken into account, namely in medium to large networks. Finally, we formulate and discuss the issues and challenges for emerging network environments, including those involving IoT or OT, volatile environments, or extensive use of cloud computing. Each of these emerging technologies bring novel issues that needs to be approached by ASM, be it improved fingerprinting in IoT and OT, precisely timed scans in volatile environments, or coverage of external services in cloud.

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