5 Criteria for Evaluating External Attack Surface Management Vendors

Forrester's Q2 2024 ASM Solutions Landscape names NetSPI among notable vendors. The article covers the state of the ASM market and how combining EASM and CAASM delivers complete asset visibility.

NetSPI has been recognized among Notable Vendors in the Forrester Proactive Security Platforms Landscape, Q1 2026. Learn how we unify ASM, VRM, and pentesting.

NetSPI's take on Gartner's EASM report: external attack surface management goes beyond asset discovery to prioritized remediation and supports Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM).

XBOW lists ten red flags when evaluating AI pentesting vendors, such as vague autonomy claims and unclear guardrails, plus criteria for a structured vendor assessment.

Bugcrowd's scorecard outlines 10 essentials for evaluating crowdsourced security platforms, covering hacker community, triage quality, platform capabilities, and vendor evaluation criteria.

Crowd washing is when pentest vendors rebrand traditional services as crowd-based, echoing cloud washing. Warning signs include inflated tester communities and missing pay-for-impact incentives.