Attack Surface

Concept describing all exposed interfaces, components and processes of a system through which attacks may occur.

Attack surface denotes all exposed interfaces, components, and configurations of a system through which an attacker can gain access or cause harm.

Maturity

Established

Cognitive loadHigh

360° overview

Six perspectives place the building block in context. The numbers show where each perspective continues in the reading path.

The building block at a glance

Attack Surface

360°

2

2

Integrations

API gateways and service mesh

+2

1

Minimal attack surface: expose only necessary interfaces.

Value stream stage: Discovery

4

3

4