As new technologies such as AI spread and attack techniques become more sophisticated, the attack surface that companies and organisations must manage is expanding, keeping security officials busy with countermeasures.

The industry says that as attack surfaces and operating structures become more complex, it is also becoming harder to grasp the overall flow of security operations in real time and set response priorities.

Many point out that without systems that secure visibility across internal and external areas and organically connect judgement and response, it is difficult to prevent the attack surface from expanding. Security companies are also moving faster to help organisations address these problems.

AI security company Igloo Corporation has forward deployed its SOC intelligence platform, iSQUARE AXIS (I² AXIS).

The company says iSQUARE AXIS supports advanced security response capabilities by enabling integrated management of complex security environments and improving visibility and insight into threats.

It supports integrated management by linking dispersed security operations tasks — including security operations data, cyber threat intelligence (CTI), external attack surface and internal security events — into a single platform. The company says this can unify fragmented security workflow processes and improve an organisation's security visibility and operational convenience.

iSQUARE AXIS also has an expanded management system covering both internal and external threats. Through its attack surface management (ASM) function, it identifies externally exposed IT assets, proactively determines potential risks and clearly presents priority response targets. At the same time, it applies security analysis and response automation to systematically manage the full process of internal threat control, from detecting anomalous behaviour in internal systems to detailed analysis and response history management.

It also provides sophisticated threat intelligence that reflects operational status and threat context. It supports features including multi-tenancy-based integrated account management, real-time threat detection and attack information mapping, and enables organisations to respond immediately to threats through real-time threat reputation lookups. Beyond simple security event management, it supports an in-depth analysis process for events that require manual analysis.

Igloo Corporation said: "iSQUARE AXIS connects analysis and response flows that can easily be fragmented due to dispersed information into one, effectively resolving the complexity of security operations within organisations." It added: "Going forward, Igloo Corporation will continue to expand customised functions suited to each organisation's security environment so that more organisations can enhance visibility and insight into security operations and build cyber security capabilities across the overall digital environment."