Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management
Continuously discovers and inventories internet-exposed assets from an outside-in perspective.
- Provider
- azure
- Kind
- Monitoring
- Category
- Operations
- Official docs
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/what-is-discovery
- Also known as
- EASM
| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| agentless | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| alertGrouping | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| collectorMode | enum | pull | push | no | pull | inherited |
| continuousScanning | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| dataConnections | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| independentOfMonitored | boolean | — | no | false | ▸ true |
| managed | boolean | — | no | false | ▸ true |
| recurrentDiscoverySchedule | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| retentionDays | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| seedBasedDiscovery | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| signal | enum | metrics | logs | traces | alerts | all | no | metrics | ▸ alerts |
Every rule whose selector covers this component's kind or its category. Whether a rule fires depends on the design: its properties, its edges and its groups.
No rule reads this kind yet. That is a gap, not a guarantee.
nodes:
- { id: "defender-easm", component: "azure-defender-easm" }ActionTrailalibaba-actiontrailApplication Real-Time Monitoring Servicealibaba-armsCloudMonitoralibaba-cloud-monitorDatabase Autonomy Servicealibaba-dasSimple Log Servicealibaba-log-serviceSecurity Centeralibaba-security-centerAmazon CloudWatch investigationsaws-aiopsAWS Audit Manageraws-audit-managerAWS CloudTrailaws-cloudtrailAWS CloudTrail Lakeaws-cloudtrail-lakeAmazon CloudWatch Application Insightsaws-cloudwatch-application-insightsAmazon CloudWatch Application Signalsaws-cloudwatch-application-signalsAmazon CloudWatch Internet Monitoraws-cloudwatch-internet-monitorAmazon CloudWatch Logsaws-cloudwatch-logsAmazon CloudWatch Network Flow Monitoraws-cloudwatch-network-flow-monitorAmazon CloudWatch Network Monitoraws-cloudwatch-network-monitorAmazon CloudWatch RUMaws-cloudwatch-rumAmazon CloudWatch Syntheticsaws-cloudwatch-syntheticsAmazon CodeGuru Profileraws-codeguru-profilerAWS Compute Optimizeraws-compute-optimizerAmazon Detectiveaws-detectiveAmazon DevOps Guruaws-devops-guruAmazon GuardDutyaws-guarddutyAmazon Inspectoraws-inspectorAWS IoT Device Defenderaws-iot-device-defenderAmazon Macieaws-macieAmazon Managed Grafanaaws-managed-grafanaAmazon Managed Service for Prometheusaws-managed-prometheusAWS Migration Hubaws-migration-hubAWS Resilience Hubaws-resilience-hubAWS Security Hub CSPMaws-security-hubAWS Security Incident Responseaws-security-incident-responseAWS Trusted Advisoraws-trusted-advisorAWS X-Rayaws-xrayAmazon CloudWatchcloudwatchAzure Advisorazure-advisorApplication Insightsazure-application-insightsMicrosoft Defender for Cloudazure-defender-for-cloudMicrosoft Defender for IoTazure-defender-for-iotLog Analytics workspaceazure-log-analytics
and 134 more → Monitoring page# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json # Defender External Attack Surface Management: scans the internet from the outside in, starting from # seed domains, IP blocks, hosts, contacts, ASNs and Whois organisations, and keeps a continuously # refreshed inventory of externally exposed assets. Recurrent discovery runs and data connections to # other systems are configured by the customer ("What Is Discovery?"). schemaVersion: "1" type: "component" id: "azure-defender-easm" kind: "monitoring" provider: "azure" docs: "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/what-is-discovery" aliases: ["EASM"] defaults: managed: true signal: "alerts" independentOfMonitored: true properties: seedBasedDiscovery: type: "boolean" default: true continuousScanning: type: "boolean" default: true agentless: type: "boolean" default: true recurrentDiscoverySchedule: type: "boolean" default: false dataConnections: type: "boolean" default: false