Use cases / Reduce unknown exposure
Find the exposure outside your inventory.
Your public footprint can grow beyond the systems your security team knows about. OPSEQ starts with the organization and assets you authorize, investigates the external connections, and turns discovered exposure into a reviewed inventory with evidence, ownership questions, and recommended next actions.
Bring overlooked assets forward
Known starting points
Authorized names, domains, and brands
Forgotten services
Public systems outside the known inventory
Public references
Documents and repositories that reveal links
Ownership decisions
Confirm, assign, retire, or investigate
Known organizational references lead to candidates that need evidence and ownership review.
01 / A CLOSER LOOK
Begin with a defensible boundary
Agree on the business names, domains, subsidiaries, and known infrastructure that belong in the assessment. These starting points anchor the investigation. A related domain or shared hosting address is a lead to examine, not proof of ownership or permission to test the system behind it.
FOCUS POINTS
- Define the organization, brands, and assets in scope
- Record acquisitions, retired names, and known exclusions
- Assign a contact who can resolve uncertain ownership
02 / A CLOSER LOOK
Connect the overlooked pieces
Public records, internet-facing services, documents, and repositories can reveal systems that have slipped out of view. OPSEQ connects those observations to your agreed scope and records why each association matters. Human review helps distinguish a useful discovery from stale information or an unrelated third party.
FOCUS POINTS
- Identify public services and supporting infrastructure
- Trace references to forgotten environments and repositories
- Separate confirmed assets from candidates needing review
03 / A CLOSER LOOK
Turn discovery into ownership
An inventory becomes useful when someone can act on it. The assessment groups findings by business relevance and identifies the next decision: confirm ownership, restrict access, retire an asset, or investigate a specific path. Your team receives enough context to assign work without repeating the discovery process.
FOCUS POINTS
- Document source references and observation dates
- Recommend owners and an order for investigation
- Identify candidates for separately scoped validation
THE HANDOFF
What you
take forward.
Define the specific coverage and deliverables in your engagement. The goal is a useful decision and a clear next action.
A finding.
A way forward.
- DELIVERABLE 01
A reviewed inventory of discovered external assets
- DELIVERABLE 02
An ownership and attribution question list
- DELIVERABLE 03
Evidence for material exposure findings
- DELIVERABLE 04
A prioritized plan for investigation and cleanup