
Best Attack Surface Tools in 2026
The best attack surface management tools in 2026: Cortex Xpanse, Microsoft Defender EASM, Mandiant ASM, CyCognito, Zafran, Censys, and CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management compared.
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Discover All 3,397 CompaniesDetecting, investigating and responding to attacks: SIEM, SOAR, XDR, MDR and managed SOC, incident response, digital forensics, malware analysis, threat hunting, detection engineering, deception and honeypots, AI SOC analysts, security data pipelines and data lakes.
Securing software the company builds or runs: code scanning, open-source and supply-chain risk, API security, web application firewalls and WAAP, bot, fraud and account-takeover protection, Web3 and smart-contract security, mobile app security, developer security training.
Identity and access: authentication and MFA, access management, identity governance, privileged access, identity threat detection, identity verification, password and secrets management, non-human and machine identity (certificates, PKI, workload identity), cloud entitlements (CIEM).
Finding, prioritising and reducing the weaknesses an attacker could use: external attack surface management, cyber asset inventory (CAASM), vulnerability assessment and scanning, exposure assessment / CTEM platforms, shadow IT discovery. Vulnerability management lives here. NOT attack simulation or pentesting (Offensive Security) and NOT threat intelligence about attackers (Threat Intelligence).
Protecting the data itself: encryption and key management, data loss prevention, data security posture, classification, backup and recovery, secure file sharing, confidential computing, post-quantum cryptography.
Securing the network: firewalls and firewall policy management, IDS/IPS, network detection and response, ZTNA, VPN, SSE and SASE, microsegmentation, DDoS protection, network access control.
Governance, risk and compliance: compliance automation and audit readiness, GRC platforms, third-party / vendor risk, cyber risk quantification, security ratings and cyber insurance, policy management, business continuity, privacy programme management.
Testing defences the way an attacker would: penetration testing (services or platforms, incl. AI/autonomous pentesting), red teaming and adversary emulation, breach and attack simulation / security control validation, bug bounty and crowdsourced testing.

The best attack surface management tools in 2026: Cortex Xpanse, Microsoft Defender EASM, Mandiant ASM, CyCognito, Zafran, Censys, and CrowdStrike Falcon Exposure Management compared.

The best data protection tools in 2026: Microsoft Purview, Varonis DSPM, Palo Alto Enterprise DLP, Zscaler Unified DLP, Netskope One DLP, CrowdStrike Falcon Data Protection, and Cyera DSPM compared.

The best application security tools in 2026: Snyk, SonarQube Cloud, Veracode, Black Duck SCA, Wiz Supply Chain Security, and JFrog AppTrust compared by the job each one does.

The best MDR providers in 2026: Expel, Red Canary, Arctic Wolf, Palo Alto Unit 42, Mandiant Managed Defense, and Huntress compared by coverage, response speed, and platform fit.

The best phishing simulation tools in 2026: SoSafe, Abnormal AI Phishing Coach, Adaptive Security, revel8, Guardz, usecure uPhish, and Boxphish compared by channels and personalization.

The best brand protection tools in 2026: ZeroFox, SOCRadar, Netcraft Domain Protection, Fortra, Cyberint, Outtake, and Bolster compared by channels, detection speed, and takedowns.