ATTACK SURFACE TESTING

We start by mapping your entire external perimeter—domains, assets, cloud services, and software—using advanced reconnaissance and human-in-the-loop validation. This ensures accuracy in asset ownership and creates the definitive list of what needs testing. We then profile and rank these assets for confidence and potential business impact, so our efforts are aimed at the high-value targets attackers are most likely to exploit.

Through a combination of continuously updated analyzers, active monitoring, and expert-driven testing, we uncover vulnerabilities across a comprehensive set of exposure categories—exposed services, misconfigurations, credential reuse, information disclosures, subdomain takeovers, and more. This stage also incorporates emerging threat research to identify vulnerabilities before attackers can take advantage.

Rather than overloading your team with raw scan results, we apply multiple automated and manual checks to remove duplicates, eliminate false positives, and confirm true negatives. Every lead is triaged and prioritized before it’s sent for hands-on validation. The result is a clean, accurate picture of your real risk, with 100% of false positives removed before you ever see them.

Our Adversarial Operations Team, comprised of seasoned offensive security experts, confirms exploitability by emulating real-world attack scenarios based on your rules of engagement. We go beyond initial compromise to conduct safe post-exploitation, identifying internal pathways, systems, and data at risk. Severity ratings are assigned based on actual business impact, not theoretical scoring, so you know exactly what demands your attention first.

You’ll receive a curated list of validated vulnerabilities with actionable guidance, detailed evidence of exploitation, and direct access to our testers for clarification or further validation. On-demand retesting confirms successful remediation, shrinking attacker opportunity windows and removing uncertainty about whether an issue has been fully resolved.

All findings, attack surface details, and remediation progress are delivered in real time through the Bishop Fox portal—a centralized hub for managing all Bishop Fox services. The portal also houses compliance-ready reports, audit documentation, and historical trends, making it easier to track success, prove risk reduction, and maintain regulatory confidence.