Censys

Internet intelligence platform for attack surface discovery and exposure monitoring.

Pricing: subscription, custom
Open source: No

Editorial review

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Facts & attributes

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Identity · Taxonomy

Tags(open-source;cloud-native): attack surface management, internet intelligence, threat hunting, exposure management, EASMVerification pending

Platform · Deployment

Delivery model(SaaS;self-hosted;desktop;mobile;embedded;managed-cloud;appliance): SaaSVerification pending

Pricing · Licensing

Pricing model(free;subscription;usage;seat;asset;transaction;revenue-share;perpetual;custom): subscription, customVerification pending

Features · Product · Fit

Core capabilities(authoring;automation;analytics): Internet-wide asset discovery and indexing (IPs, ports, services, certificates, DNS), Attack Surface Management for external exposure, Adversary investigation and threat hunting, Critical infrastructure monitoring, Natural language search and AI assistant, Enrichment API for high-volume automated lookupsVerification pending

Api · Integrations · Ecosystem

API available(true/false): trueVerification pending

Support · Docs · Services

Support channels(email;ticket;chat;phone;community): documentation, community, phone and email contact, gold support add-onVerification pending

Audience · Use · Case

Best for(Neutral editorial summary): Security teams mapping the internet and their external attack surface for exposure management, threat hunting and SOC triageVerification pending
Company-size fit(individual;SMB;mid-market;enterprise): SMB, mid-market, enterpriseVerification pending
Primary use cases(build;monitor;automate): SOC triage and investigations, Threat hunting and adversary tracking, External exposure management, Supplier and third-party risk monitoring, Critical infrastructure resilienceVerification pending

Lifecycle · Versioning

Maintenance status(active;maintenance;deprecated;EOL;archived): activeVerified

Vendor · Maintainer

Founded year(2012): 2015Verified
Vendor type(commercial;foundation;community;government;consortium;individual): commercialVerification pending

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