External Attack Surface Management
Continuously discover exposed assets, domains, subdomains, services, technologies and misconfigurations across defence-facing environments.
ThreatCanary for Defence
Continuous offensive visibility for defence environments.
Defence organisations face persistent adversaries, sensitive missions, complex infrastructure and highly connected supply chains. ThreatCanary helps identify exposed assets, validate exploitable weaknesses and reason across attack paths with the speed required for modern cyber operations.
Executive summary
Defence environments are targeted by capable, patient and well-resourced adversaries. Exposure can exist across public infrastructure, cloud services, research environments, supplier systems, remote access pathways, operational networks and distributed technology estates.
The central question for defence security teams is not simply whether vulnerabilities exist. It is what an adversary can see, what they can exploit and how they could chain weaknesses together to create mission or operational impact.
ThreatCanary gives defence teams continuous offensive visibility across externally visible assets, APIs, supplier pathways, remote access, identity boundaries and validated attack paths.
Protected defence environments
Protect mission systems before adversaries find the path.
ThreatCanary helps defence teams understand which exposed services, supplier connections, remote access points and vulnerable technologies could become mission-relevant attack routes.
Defence attack surface
Mission environments are connected through suppliers, identities and exposed services.
ThreatCanary maps public infrastructure, supplier systems, remote access, cloud workloads, APIs and research environments into one exposure model so teams can see how adversary opportunity develops across boundaries.
ThreatCanaryDefence exposure graph
Public infrastructureDomains, portals, exposed services
Supplier pathwaysPartners, contractors, integrations
Cloud workloadsMission support and collaboration
Remote accessVPNs, identity, admin interfaces
Research environmentsCollaboration and sensitive data
Mission assurance boundary
Supplier + identity pathways
Sector challenge
The sector challenge
Defence organisations often operate across complex environments with different levels of sensitivity, ownership and operational dependency. Supplier ecosystems, research partners, sovereign capability programs, distributed infrastructure, remote access services, public-facing systems and collaboration platforms can all create external exposure.
Adversaries do not respect organisational boundaries. They look for weak links across suppliers, research partners, forgotten infrastructure, identity systems and exposed services that can provide an initial foothold.
Security teams need high-confidence visibility that supports red team, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, mission assurance and executive risk conversations without producing low-value noise.
Attack surface
The attack surface
Public-facing defence infrastructureSupplier and partner platformsRemote access servicesCloud-hosted workloadsResearch and collaboration environmentsExposed management interfacesLegacy systemsDomains and subdomainsAPIs and integration endpointsIdentity and access pathwaysOperational support systemsShadow infrastructure
Why traditional security falls short
Why traditional security falls short
Point-in-time testing leaves gaps between assessments. Basic vulnerability scanning produces noise without adversary context. Manual reviews cannot keep pace with changing infrastructure, cloud services, supplier ecosystems and mission-support systems.
Defence teams need continuous visibility informed by offensive security thinking: what is externally visible, what is reachable, what is exploitable and how individual weaknesses could be chained by a capable adversary.
How ThreatCanary helps
ThreatCanary combines external attack surface discovery, exposure validation, API security and AI-assisted attack path reasoning to help teams understand realistic adversary opportunity.
The platform validates which exposures are visible, reachable and meaningful, then connects findings to evidence, remediation context and attack-path reasoning that can support mission assurance and executive decision-making.
ThreatCanary helps defence organisations move from periodic assessment cycles to continuous offensive visibility across sensitive, distributed and supplier-connected environments.
Adversary path model
From external exposure to mission-relevant risk.
Defence exposure often emerges across supplier systems, identity boundaries, remote access and public infrastructure. ThreatCanary validates whether those weak points can be chained into realistic adversary paths.
01External exposurePublic asset, domain, portal
02Supplier pathwayPartner, contractor, integration
03Identity boundaryRemote access, token, account
04Mission impactOperational support, sensitive system
Key capabilities
Key capabilities
Supplier Exposure Monitoring
Identify partner, contractor and supplier-facing systems that could become adversary pathways into sensitive environments.
Remote Access Visibility
Monitor exposed VPNs, portals, administrative interfaces and identity entry points that create access risk.
API Security
Identify exposed, forgotten or risky APIs that support collaboration, logistics, operational support and digital service workflows.
Exposure Validation
Move beyond theoretical vulnerability lists by validating which weaknesses are visible, reachable and meaningful.
Attack Path Reasoning
Understand how exposed assets, vulnerabilities, APIs, identity flows and supplier pathways can combine into realistic adversary paths.
Continuous Monitoring
Track external exposure as it changes over time so teams can respond before adversaries take advantage.
Executive Cyber Risk Visibility
Translate technical exposure into clear reporting for CISOs, mission owners, executives and risk leaders.
Sector-specific use cases
Sector-specific use cases
Outcomes
Outcomes
Stronger external situational awareness
Faster identification of exploitable exposure
Better support for red team and threat intelligence teams
Improved remediation focus for mission-relevant systems
Clearer executive understanding of adversary opportunity
Continuous offensive visibility across sensitive environments
More defensible risk decisions backed by evidence
Buyer roles
Built for the teams responsible for reducing exposure.
CISOs and security executives
Clear visibility of external risk, remediation priorities and cyber posture across sensitive environments.
Security operations teams
Continuous discovery, validation and prioritisation of exposed assets, APIs and vulnerabilities.
Red teams and offensive security teams
Attack path context, externally visible exposure and validation workflows that support offensive security operations.
Threat intelligence teams
External exposure context that helps connect adversary capability to realistic opportunity.
Risk and governance leaders
Clearer reporting that connects technical findings to mission and sector-specific risk.
Platform and infrastructure teams
Actionable insight into exposed services, cloud assets, access paths and risky configurations that need remediation.
Common questions
Questions teams ask before they commit.
Direct answers on scope, evidence, safety controls and how ThreatCanary differs from tools you already run.
01How does ThreatCanary support defence cyber teams?
ThreatCanary supports defence cyber teams by continuously discovering externally visible assets, supplier pathways, APIs, remote access services and identity boundaries, then validating which weaknesses can be exploited or chained into mission-relevant exposure.
02Can ThreatCanary help monitor defence supplier exposure?
ThreatCanary helps identify supplier, contractor and partner-facing systems that could become adversary pathways into sensitive environments. Findings can be connected to ownership, evidence and remediation workflows without assuming all exposure sits inside one organisation.
03How does ThreatCanary support mission assurance?
ThreatCanary supports mission assurance by showing what adversaries can see, what is reachable, which weaknesses are exploitable and how exposed systems could be chained into operational or mission impact. The output is evidence-backed and designed for security, risk and executive decision-making.
04How does ThreatCanary differ from periodic red team assessments?
Periodic red team assessments provide valuable point-in-time insight, while ThreatCanary provides continuous offensive visibility across changing external exposure, APIs, suppliers and identity paths. Defence teams can use both approaches: red teams for deep human-led operations and ThreatCanary for ongoing validation between engagements.