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Exposure management (CTEM)
Find and fix what an attacker could actually use.
For organisations running servers and desktops on site alongside Microsoft 365. We continuously find, rank and close the weaknesses across your whole estate, and show you the risk going down.
Hybrid estates
Cloud and on-premises, in one view.
An annual penetration test tells you what was true on the day. Continuous exposure management tells you what an attacker could do to you now, and keeps track as things change.
- On-premises servers and the services they run
- Desktops and laptops, in the office and remote
- Internet-facing systems: remote access, websites, firewalls
- Microsoft 365 and Azure settings and identities
The cycle
A continuous cycle, not a one-off.
Scope
Agree what matters most to your business and must be protected first.
Discover
Map everything you have, on site and in the cloud, and the weaknesses in it.
Prioritise
Rank weaknesses by how exploitable they really are, not by raw severity scores.
Validate
Confirm which weaknesses an attacker could actually use to reach something important.
Mobilise
Fix them with clear owners and deadlines, then report the risk going down.
How it fits with Guardian
Built on what Guardian already sees.
Every Guardian plan includes an external footprint scan, and Pro and Ultimate include vulnerability reporting. Exposure management extends this into a continuous programme across your whole estate, including systems Guardian doesn’t manage day to day.
For Guernsey licensees, it directly supports the GFSC’s July 2026 request that firms review their vulnerability management and patching processes.
Source: GFSC Dear CEO letter, July 2026.
Running servers on site?
Book a call and we’ll talk through what exposure management would cover for you.