CTM360 vs Qualys External Attack Surface Management

CTM360 is a cybersecurity platform for discovering vulnerabilities and managing threats across the surface, deep, and dark web. Its HackerView service finds digital assets, identifies issues, and passively maps an organization’s public digital presence. Security ratings cover 11 risk categories and more than 90 issues, with an A–F grade for each category. Other listed capabilities include phishing and brand protection, social media fraud monitoring, executive impersonation monitoring, and managed takedowns. ThreatCover provides curated threat feeds prioritized and mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. RiskHub supports third-party security assessments using questionnaires, external monitoring, and internal security controls. CTM360 is available on the web and through an API, and describes setup as requiring no installation or configuration. It says its support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Community Edition is free, limited to one authorized user per organization, and includes three free takedowns. Paid plans start at $5,000/yr+. Base-price managed services cover one brand and one primary domain with its subdomains; additional brands or primary domains incur extra charges.

Qualys External Attack Surface Management gives security teams an outside-in view of internet-facing infrastructure and continuously monitors connected assets. It discovers domains, subdomains, cloud workloads, web applications, APIs, certificates, and exposed services, then identifies organizational ownership and maps asset relationships. The service can flag unapproved cloud services, test environments, abandoned assets, and other unmanaged resources, as well as changes to existing services and newly exposed assets. Qualys TruRisk scores prioritize discovered assets using vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, asset criticality, and external exposure. Assets can be added to inventory and scanned with VMDR. Listed native integrations include Certificate View, Policy Compliance, and Web Application Scanning. CSAM with EASM can produce PCI-DSS and FedRAMP asset security health reports and offers bidirectional ServiceNow CMDB integration. The managed service is accessed through a browser and needs no local server or software installation. A no-cost CSAM with EASM offer is listed at free for 30 days; other pricing is on request. Shodan-based discovery on leased IPv4 netblocks requires contacting a Qualys Technical Account Manager.