External Discovery Instant visibility of cryptography across your entire external estate — with nothing to deploy
External Discovery gives you a complete, real-time understanding of how cryptography is used across all external-facing assets — including domains, subdomains, APIs, applications, and IP ranges. It is entirely no-touch: no agents, no code changes, no network access, and no decryption.
What External Discovery Does
No-touch scanning of external assets
Discovers cryptographic use across public IPs, domains, and subdomains without touching your network — delivering visibility in minutes, not months.
Live cryptographic mapping through handshake analysis
Establishes connections the same way a real user or application would, analysing TLS, SSH or IPsec handshakes to identify algorithms, key sizes, expiry risks, cipher configurations, and protocol weaknesses.
Shadow asset and rogue subdomain detection
Identifies forgotten, unknown, misconfigured or abandoned assets — eliminating blind spots and reducing the exposed attack surface.
Instant CBOM generation (CycloneDX)
Automatically produces export-ready Cryptographic Bills of Materials (CBOMs) for audits, vendor reviews, and supply-chain assurance.
AI-powered risk insight
Flags quantum-vulnerable algorithms, expired certificates, weak ciphers, and policy violations the moment they are discovered.
Why External Discovery Matters
Many organisations have little to no visibility of their real external cryptographic footprint. Rogue subdomains, forgotten certificates, and weak algorithms accumulate unnoticed — creating exposure to breaches, outages, and regulatory non-compliance.
External Discovery eliminates this uncertainty by mapping your entire external perimeter with total accuracy and zero operational impact.
It provides the foundation for PQC readiness, continuous assurance, and a defensible view of external cryptographic risk.
How It Works
1. Enumerate external estate
Identifies public domains, subdomains, and IPs linked to your organisation.
2. Analyse encrypted services
Establishes TLS connections passively and analyses handshakes in real time — without requiring network access or agents.
3. Discover shadow assets
Parallel discovery reveals both connected and orphaned subdomains, APIs, servers, and services.
4. Assess risks and vulnerabilities
AI highlights outdated protocols, misconfigurations, expired certificates, and quantum-weak algorithms.
5. Output
Generates CBOMs, PQC readiness insights, and audit-ready compliance evidence aligned to frameworks including NIST, NCSC, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and others.
Strategic Value
Nothing to deploy
Zero change control, zero agents, zero decryption — completely frictionless.
Zero blind spots
Reveals hidden infrastructure, shadow IT, and unmanaged cryptographic assets instantly.
Accelerated PQC readiness
Identifies quantum-vulnerable algorithms across the full perimeter.
Compliance acceleration
Produces instant CBOMs and external cryptographic reports aligned with major regulatory frameworks.
Scales across all industries and hybrid estates
Suitable for financial services, healthcare, government, and global critical infrastructure.
Trusted vs Untrusted Perspective (optional)
Shows risk differences between internal and external views to evidence the value of defensive controls.
Industry benchmarking (optional)
Compares cryptographic posture with sector peers.