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Azure External Attack Surface Management

Skill

Expert knowledge for Azure External Attack Surface Management development including configuration. Use when filtering EASM inventory by ASN, domains, hosts, IPs, pages, SSL certs, or exporting findings to analytics tools, and other Azure External Attack Surface Management related development tasks. Not for Azure Defender For Cloud (use azure-defender-for-cloud), Azure Security (use azure-security), Azure Sentinel (use azure-sentinel), Azure Networking (use azure-networking).

Source: /skills/azure-external-attack-surface-management/SKILL.md

Azure External Attack Surface Management Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure External Attack Surface Management. Covers configuration. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

  • Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
  • Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category Lines Description
Configuration L29-L41 Configuring and using Defender EASM inventory filters (ASN, domains, hosts, IPs/blocks, pages, SSL certs, contacts) and exporting EASM data to analytics tools.

Configuration

Topic URL
Filter ASN assets in Defender EASM inventory https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/asn-asset-filters
Use contact asset filters in Defender EASM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/contact-asset-filters
Configure Defender EASM data exports to analytics https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/data-connections
Configure Defender EASM domain asset filters https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/domain-asset-filters
Apply host asset filters in Defender EASM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/host-asset-filters
Use Defender EASM inventory filters effectively https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/inventory-filters
Configure IP address filters in Defender EASM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/ip-address-asset-filters
Filter IP block assets in Defender EASM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/ip-block-asset-filters
Filter page assets in Defender EASM inventory https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/page-asset-filters
Use SSL certificate asset filters in Defender EASM https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/external-attack-surface-management/ssl-certificate-asset-filters