Keeping an Eye on Your Public IP Space in Private
Keeping track of your company’s public IP space is always a good idea.
This means maintaining a centralized up-to-date list of:
– All static IP blocks allocated to you (by an ISP)
– All VPS instances operated by you in the cloud
This makes your life easier by…
- Keeping your your DNS updated to prevent scenarios like db.yourcompany.com from exposing embarrassing content you don’t control
- Helping keep your IP whitelists updated
- Enabling you to run scans on your exposed attack surface, e.g. with Nessus
- Supplementing inventory management to help prevent old hosts from being forgotten and slipping through the cracks
- Preventing legal trouble in the case of ownership discrepancies or miscommunication
- Most importantly, making pentesters like us at iVision happy and more helpful
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iVision
Headquartered in Atlanta and privately held, iVision is a technology integration and management firm that engineers success for clients through objective recommendations, process and technology expertise and best-of-breed guidance. We launched in 2004 with a mission to provide client-centric, consultative IT services rooted in engineering excellence. Since then we've grown to more than 100 employees serving clients that lead their industries.
