Cybersecurity Lingo: What is an “Attack Surface” ?

Cybersecurity Lingo: What is an “attack surface”? Simply: it is anywhere an attacker can get into your systems if proper security is not applied.

This includes your servers, your websites, your email, your software (even your close software).

To INCREASE your attack surface is to increase the number of points an attacker could enter your system, for instance, if you added a new VPN. To DECREASE your attack surface is to decrease the number of points an attacker could enter your system.

Other fields may refer to this as “ingress.” #cybersecurity #manageditservices