We asked how often teams check their external footprint...

We asked how often teams check their external footprint. 85% said: rarely or never.

When we launched a small poll last week, we expected some variation.
What we didn't expect?

85% of respondents saying they rarely — or never — check their external footprint.

That's not a criticism — it's a wake-up call.
Because from a technical standpoint, it makes sense. And it's also exactly why we built Tresal.

⚠️ Why this happens

Most companies don't ignore external risk on purpose.
But visibility often depends on:

• manual scans (when someone remembers)
• limited tools (that only check DNS or IPs)
• internal processes (infra is secured — I think?)
• and dashboards that show compliance but not exposure

Meanwhile, your external footprint changes constantly:

• new SaaS tools = new subdomains
• marketing campaigns = temporary cloud functions
• development environments = live staging with prod data
• expired vendors = orphaned DNS entries or exposed IPs.

All public. All indexed. All ignored — until they aren't.

👨‍💻 Why this matters

From the outside, attackers don't care what's in your CMDB.
They care what's reachable. What's exposed. What responds to a curl.
If it's online, it's in scope — whether your team knows it or not.
That's why we need to shift from occasional awareness to continuous visibility.

And that visibility needs to be:

• automated
• externally validated
• accessible to smaller teams (not just SOCs with 6-figure budgets)

🔍 What we're doing at Tresal

At Tresal, we're focused on giving teams a clear view of their attack surface and cloud posture, from the outside in.
We built it because we were tired of reactive security.
Because we've seen how easy it is to miss something obvious.
And because we believe visibility shouldn't be a luxury.

⚡ Not sure what's exposed in your environment?

You can run a free quickscan here: 👉 www.tresal.eu
No setup. No sales call.
Just visibility.