Tanium has partnered with Censys to combine internal endpoint data with external internet visibility for exposure management.
The deal is designed to give security teams a single view of risk across systems inside an organisation and assets exposed to the public internet. It links Tanium's endpoint monitoring and remediation tools with Censys' data on internet-facing infrastructure.
The partnership comes as cybersecurity teams face growing pressure to identify and fix vulnerabilities more quickly, particularly as automated tools and AI are used to find and exploit weaknesses. The combined approach is intended to help customers detect, rank and address risks across internal and external attack surfaces without relying on separate workflows.
Exposure management has become a larger focus in cybersecurity as companies shift from periodic reviews to continuous monitoring. In practice, that means tracking weaknesses, configuration issues and compliance gaps across devices inside a business while also monitoring what can be seen or reached from outside its network.
By bringing those two data sets together, the partnership aims to narrow the gap between discovery and remediation. Tanium provides real-time endpoint intelligence and remediation within the same environment, while Censys adds continuously updated visibility into global internet infrastructure and internet-exposed assets.
Harman Kaur, Chief Technology Officer at Tanium, said the deal addresses a key blind spot for security teams.
"Security teams can no longer afford to operate with blind spots between what's happening inside their environment and what's exposed to the outside world," Kaur said.
"By combining Tanium's real-time endpoint data with Censys' external internet intelligence, we're giving organizations the ability to understand, contextualize and act on risk with speed, scale and precision," she added.
Closing gaps
One of the main issues the companies are addressing is the divide between internal asset management and external attack surface monitoring. Security teams often use different tools for these tasks, creating delays when they need to confirm whether an internet-facing system is owned by the organisation, assess its importance and push a fix to the right endpoint or team.
The partnership is intended to create a correlated view of risk so externally discovered issues can be linked more directly to internal operational data. That could help analysts decide which exposures need immediate action and which can wait.
Censys has built its business around mapping internet infrastructure and identifying exposed systems, while Tanium is known for endpoint management and security operations in enterprise environments. The partnership reflects a broader effort by vendors to connect threat visibility with remediation tools rather than treat those functions as separate parts of a security stack.
Zakir Durumeric, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Censys, said the rise of AI-driven threat activity has increased the importance of monitoring internet exposure.
"As AI accelerates the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities, managing internet exposure has become critical to every enterprise security program," Durumeric said.
"By combining Censys' real-time internet intelligence with Tanium's Autonomous IT Platform, organizations can bring real-time internet visibility into their existing security workflows, enabling faster, risk-prioritized remediation of externally exposed assets," he added.
Industry direction
The partnership also points to a broader shift in the cybersecurity market toward continuous exposure management. That model relies on current data rather than scheduled scans or point-in-time assessments, aiming to help organisations keep pace with changing infrastructure and threat conditions.
Analyst firms increasingly describe exposure management as a cross-functional problem spanning asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, prioritisation and response. For large organisations, the challenge is often less about finding individual issues than connecting multiple sources of information quickly enough to act before those issues are exploited.
Michelle Abraham, Senior Research Director, Security and Trust at IDC, said external visibility needs to be tied to operational workflows if organisations are to respond more effectively.
"Organisations need external attack surface visibility as part of holistic exposure management. Together, Tanium and Censys can offer security teams a correlated view of internal and external risk, with a workflow that moves from external discovery to remediation without the manual handoffs that slow response," Abraham said.
For customers, the value of the partnership will depend on whether the combined data can cut investigation time and support faster remediation across large, complex estates. The aim is to help organisations move from periodic assessment to a continuous approach based on live internal and external risk data.