asset discovery

What is Asset Discovery?

Asset discovery is the process of identifying unknown external assets within your environment. It’s the first step in any effective exposure management program.

Why Asset Discovery Matters

Many breaches occur because of overlooked or unmonitored assets - like forgotten servers, exposed development environments, or cloud misconfigurations. Asset discovery helps:

• Identify unknown systems, apps, APIs, and services
• Uncover shadow IT and unauthorized infrastructure
• Maintain an up-to-date view of your attack surface

Types of Assets You Might Discover

• Cloud services (VMs, containers, storage buckets)
• APIs
• Subdomains
• Related domains
• Login pages
• Unused or legacy systems
• SaaS tools connected to your environment

How Asset Discovery Works

Asset discovery uses automation to continuously monitor and map your environment. This includes:

• Passive discovery (DNS sweeps, IP monitoring, certificate tracking)
• Active scanning (probing networks to find live services)
• Cloud integrations (connecting directly with AWS, Azure, GCP)

How Intruder Helps

Intruder provides automated asset discovery to continuously discover unknown internet-facing assets.

• Automated discovery of unknown subdomains, related domains, logins, and APIs
• Cloud integrations for continuous cloud asset discovery
• Easily add newly discovered assets to be scanned for vulnerabilities

Learn more or book a demo to see Intruder’s asset discovery in action.