Risk Insights
How Historical Intelligence Reveals What Security Scans Miss
Traditional cybersecurity assessments miss a large percentage of your actual cyber risk. This critical "blind spot" lies in forgotten subdomains, shadow IT, and third-party systems – the very external infrastructure threat actors exploit.
A Blind Spot in Cyber
Your attack surface is vastly larger than you think. Traditional security tools are blind to much of your real infrastructure:
Vulnerability Scanners
Check known assets, not the ones you've forgotten
Penetration Tests
Validate predefined scope, rarely discovering the full unknown attack surface
Compliance Audits
Check boxes, not for active malicious infrastructure
Your Hidden Attack Surface
This creates a dangerous perception gap: while internal reports appear clean, threat actors are exploiting your unguarded "back gates."
The Attacker's Advantage: Leveraging Your Trust
Threat actors don't need to breach your firewall if they can exploit a forgotten subdomain. By compromising an asset within your trusted domain, they inherit its reputation.
Bypass Email Filters
Phishing emails from legitimate-looking subdomains are more likely to succeed
Evade Network Security
Malware C2 traffic from 'trusted' domains often goes undetected
Deceive Users
Malicious pages on official subdomains are nearly indistinguishable from legitimate ones
Real-World Impact
These case studies demonstrate how Risk Insights uncovers critical threats that traditional security tools miss entirely.
Case Study: The Malicious Subdomain
Organization:
Mid-Market Manufacturing Firm
Problem:
Sophisticated phishing emails bypassing security filters
Discovery:
Compromised DNS 'A' record pointing to Hong Kong gambling server with Chinese management software
Outcome:
Complete threat eradication and elimination of persistent phishing campaign
Case Study: The Decade-Long Campaign
Organization:
Multinational Enterprise
Problem:
Sporadic, disconnected security incidents treated as isolated events
Discovery:
Single threat actor maintaining 10-year presence through evolving tactics and infrastructure
Outcome:
Comprehensive credential reset, technical footprint cleanup, proactive threat hunting program
The Risk Insights Difference
Transform security from a cost center to a strategic advantage
DNS Archaeology
Uncover historical infrastructure and forgotten assets
Threat Correlation
Map adversary campaigns across time and infrastructure
Outside-In Visibility
See your organization as attackers see it
Strategic Defense
Transform reactive security into proactive intelligence
Investment in Intelligence
4-6 week comprehensive analysis
What's Included:
- Complete external footprint discovery
- DNS archaeology and historical analysis
- Shadow IT and legacy system identification
- Threat actor correlation analysis
Deliverables:
- Strategic intelligence briefing
- Prioritized remediation roadmap
- Executive and technical reports
- 30-day post-assessment support
Illuminate Your Hidden Risks
Complete understanding of your footprint and historical context of adversary activity is not a luxury—it is a necessity. Transform your security strategy today.
Risk Insights Questions & Answers
Common questions about our Risk Insights service
Frequently Asked Questions
Risk Insights reveals your hidden attack surface through DNS archaeology and historical intelligence. While traditional assessments check known assets, Risk Insights discovers forgotten subdomains, shadow IT, and legacy systems that attackers exploit. It's the missing puzzle piece that shows what your current security tools can't see.
We use DNS archaeology, subdomain enumeration, certificate transparency logs, and historical infrastructure analysis. This reveals abandoned development environments, forgotten APIs, legacy systems, and shadow IT that may be compromised or exploitable.
Common discoveries include compromised subdomains hosting malware, forgotten APIs exposing data, abandoned systems with default credentials, shadow IT bypassing security controls, and evidence of long-term adversary presence. These hidden assets often contain active malware infections.
A comprehensive Risk Insights assessment takes 4-6 weeks. Week 1 focuses on discovery and footprint mapping, weeks 2-3 on historical analysis and threat correlation, and week 4 on strategic intelligence and remediation planning.
You receive a complete external attack surface inventory, historical threat timeline, compromised asset identification, threat actor correlation analysis, prioritized remediation roadmap, and strategic intelligence briefing for executives.
Risk Insights starts at $7,500 for mid-market organizations, scaling based on digital footprint complexity and historical analysis depth. We provide fixed-price quotes after understanding your organization's external presence.
Yes, Risk Insights identifies external assets that may impact compliance scope, discovers shadow IT that bypasses compliance controls, and provides evidence for risk assessments required by frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
We offer ongoing Risk Insights monitoring to detect new external assets, track emerging threats, and provide quarterly intelligence updates. This ensures your organization maintains visibility into evolving external risks.