# Censys Attack Surface Management: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/censys-attack-surface-management

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Attack surface management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/attack-surface-management/index.md) | 0% | 33 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "differentiates itself through its unique data foundation—the Censys Internet Map" (MiniMax M2.5, ASM)
- "Best-in-class internet discovery - scans 40+ services continuously" (Kimi K2, ASM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Censys Attack Surface Management, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- blog.ostorlab.co: 2
- censys.com: 2 (its own site)
- secpod.com: 2
- securityboulevard.com: 2
- synack.com: 2
- upguard.com: 2
- www2.paloaltonetworks.com: 2
- attaxion.com: 1
- bestdevops.com: 1
- checkpoint.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://blog.ostorlab.co/best-external-attack-surface-management-platforms-2026.html: 2
- https://censys.com/product/attack-surface-management: 2
- https://secpod.com/blog/top-attack-surface-management-vendors-2024: 2
- https://securityboulevard.com/2024/09/10-best-attack-surface-management-tools: 2
- https://synack.com/blog/best-attack-surface-management-tools: 2
- https://upguard.com/blog/attack-surface-management-vendors-compared: 2
- https://www2.paloaltonetworks.com/cyberpedia/asm-tools-comparison: 2
- https://attaxion.com/top-external-attack-surface-management-vendors: 1

## In its own words

What Censys Attack Surface Management's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Purpose-built capabilities that power security operations and exposure management. (https://censys.com/tag/attack-surface-management)
- For: modern security teams (https://censys.com/tag/attack-surface-management)
- Customers named: Swiss Life Germany

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.