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Next-Gen CTEM-ER · Exposure management

Stop scanning the past.Continuous Threat Exposure Management, enforced in real time.

NUMBROOT is the world’s first hybrid Continuous Threat Exposure Management and endpoint control platform. It unifies agentless subnet vulnerability assessment with granular endpoint hardware enforcement in a single multi-cloud platform — discovery and containment in the same console, on any cloud, on-premise, or fully air-gapped.

100% surface coverage

Managed endpoints, rogue devices, network switches and IoT hardware — scanned without gaps and without an agent on any of them.

Contextual prioritisation

Real-time subnet findings mapped against endpoint enforcement state, so you remediate actual business risk instead of a CVE count.

Instant containment

From discovering a zero-day exposure to hardware-level isolation of the affected host in seconds, from the same console.

See the architecture

10 min

Full subnet re-scan cycle

<30 s

Satellite install time

<15 MB

Leaf agent memory

1-click

Hardware isolation

Built for regulated enterprises, hyperscale fleets and air-gapped networks

CTEM Framework AlignedSOC 2 Type II ReadyISO 27001 AlignedHIPAA ReadyPCI DSS Continuous DiscoveryAWS · Azure · GCP · Oracle100% Air-Gap CapableUnder 15 MB Agent FootprintCTEM Framework AlignedSOC 2 Type II ReadyISO 27001 AlignedHIPAA ReadyPCI DSS Continuous DiscoveryAWS · Azure · GCP · Oracle100% Air-Gap CapableUnder 15 MB Agent Footprint
The problem

Why CTEM needs a paradigm shift

Traditional vulnerability management is broken, and bolting an EDR agent onto it does not fix the half of the estate that no agent will ever reach.

Legacy scanners see the perimeter, not the estate

They sit outside your firewalls and return 500-page PDFs of non-contextual CVEs, days after the exposure appeared and with no idea which asset actually matters.

EDR agents are heavy and network-blind

They consume real system memory on every workstation while offering zero visibility into unmanaged legacy devices, IoT hardware or guest subnets — precisely where the risk hides.

MDM can restrict hardware, but only slowly

Blocking a USB port means authoring a policy, waiting for a sync window and hoping the device checks in. That is not containment, it is paperwork.

NUMBROOT closes the gap by merging agentless subnet discovery and deep system control into one unified enterprise dashboard — so the thing that finds the exposure is also the thing that can shut it down. It is attack surface management, continuous vulnerability assessment and endpoint device control in a single exposure management platform, rather than three consoles that never agree on what an asset is.

Architecture

The NUMBROOT triad

One Hub. One Satellite per subnet. One Leaf per endpoint. Everything speaks back over encrypted, auto-reconnecting WebSocket tunnels.

Central

NUMBROOT Hub

AWS · Azure · GCP · Oracle · Bare metal · Air-gapped

1 per subnet · agentless

Satellite Engine

CTEM and host discovery across the whole segment, with no agent on any target.

Corporate endpoints

Leaf Agent

Hardware and shell control at SYSTEM / root, driven from the Hub console.

01

The central brain

NUMBROOT Hub

Deploy anywhere — AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, bare-metal servers or a localised air-gapped data centre.

  • Processes telemetry from millions of endpoints simultaneously
  • Secure auto-reconnecting WebSocket tunnels (wss://)
  • One unified single pane of glass across every site and cloud
  • No dependency on any vendor-hosted service
02

Agentless subnet CTEM

NUMBROOT Satellite

One Satellite per subnet, installed from a native binary with administrator privileges in under thirty seconds.

  • Native .msi, .deb, .rpm and .pkg installers for Windows, Linux and macOS
  • Autonomous discovery via ARP, ICMP and stealth TCP/UDP SYN every 10 minutes
  • Deep fingerprinting — service banner grabbing, OS identification, TLS cipher verification
  • Zero-configuration tunnelling with single-use deployment licence validation
03

Endpoint enforcement

NUMBROOT Leaf

A lightweight agent on workstations, servers and remote laptops, running at SYSTEM / root and answering to the Hub.

  • Instant remote blocking of USB storage, Bluetooth, HDMI displays and optical drives
  • One-click network killswitch, forced lock, volume unmount, reboot or shutdown
  • Encrypted bidirectional PowerShell, PTY and Bash console inside the browser
  • Kernel-level watchdog restarts the service within three seconds if it is killed
Rollout

One Satellite per subnet. One Leaf per machine.

The whole estate comes online in the order shown below — Hub first, a Satellite into each network segment, then a Leaf agent on every corporate endpoint, all reporting back over their own outbound tunnels.

Step 1 / 5Hub deployed — any cloud, on-premise or air-gapped
Central

NUMBROOT Server

awaiting satellites

Satellite

10.20.4.0/24

pending

Head office · 8 machines

Satellite

10.31.9.0/24

pending

Data centre · 8 machines

Satellite

192.168.7.0/24

pending

Plant floor · 8 machines

1 Satellite per subnet — agentless 1 Leaf per machine — enforcement one outbound wss:// tunnel each
Satellite

Every host on the subnet, every ten minutes

No agent on the target. No credentials to distribute. The Satellite enumerates the segment autonomously and fingerprints what it finds.

ARP · ICMP · SYN

Three discovery methods, so silent hosts still surface.

Banner grabbing

Service and version identification straight from the wire.

OS identification

Fingerprints the platform without touching the filesystem.

TLS cipher audit

Flags TLS 1.0/1.1 and weak suites the moment they appear.

satellite@subnet-04scanning
Next cycle
10 min
Leaf

Containment measured in seconds, not sync windows

Running at SYSTEM or root with a kernel-level watchdog, the Leaf agent turns a console click into a hardware-level fact on the endpoint — at layers a policy-sync tool never reaches.

Hardware restrictions

Blocking a USB port is table stakes. What separates an enforcement agent from a policy engine is the class of attack it can reach — keyboards that are not keyboards, drivers that are signed but vulnerable, and memory read straight off the bus. Open any control to see what it stops.

Baseline — table stakes, included and assumed

USB mass storageBluetooth controllersHDMI & external displaysOptical drivesCamera & microphonePrinter spooler

Beyond the baseline — what a policy-based tool cannot reach

Governed break-glass session

Streaming a shell is easy. Governing it is not: dual approval before it opens, a hash-chained keystroke ledger, destructive commands refused by the agent itself, and a session that stays alive after you cut the host off the network.

FIN-WS-0142 · break-glass PTYawaiting 2nd approval

Dual approval

no single admin can open a shell

Hash-chained ledger

every keystroke, tamper-evident

Survives isolation

control rides the agent's own tunnel

Network killswitch

Drop the host off the network in one click while keeping your session alive.

Forced system lock

Lock the console immediately, wherever the laptop physically is.

Volume unmount

Detach mounted volumes before anything can be copied off them.

Reboot or shutdown

Power-state control from the Hub, with the action written to the audit log.

Asset intelligence

One machine, one record — always

Most tools flood the SOC with duplicates: one entry for the IP, one for the hostname, one for the agent GUID. A deterministic fingerprint makes that impossible.

Automatic reconciliation

When a Satellite scans a host that also runs a Leaf agent, both feeds merge into a single asset record within 24 hours.

Telemetry fusion

Satellite findings give the external exposure view — open ports, external CVEs, response times. Leaf telemetry enriches it with patch level, running processes and hardware block state.

Inventory you can report on

Because the count reflects real machines rather than observations, it can be handed to an auditor without a reconciliation spreadsheet.

External view

Satellite record

  • ip 10.20.4.57
  • ports 22, 443, 3389
  • cve CVE-2024-21413
Internal view

Leaf record

  • host FIN-WS-0142
  • patch 2026-07 rollup
  • usb BLOCKED
One assetFIN-WS-0142reconciled < 24 h

SHA256( hardware_uuid || primary_mac || system_serial )

A deterministic key, so the same machine can never enter the inventory twice — however many feeds report it.

Competitive matrix

NUMBROOT versus the legacy security stack

CapabilityLegacy VMTenable / QualysStandard EDRCrowdStrike / SentinelOneTraditional MDMIntune / JamfNUMBROOTHybrid platform
Agentless subnet discoveryYes — slow scansNoNoYes — real-time, every 10 minutes
Zero-day exposure mappingYesPartialNoYes
Hardware restriction (USB / HDMI / BT)NoLimitedYes — complex policy setupYes — instant one-click action
Interactive remote web CLINoYes — expensive add-onNoYes — built-in over WebSockets
Subnet-level satellite engineNoNoNoYes — one Satellite per subnet
Automatic asset deduplicationPoorPoorNoneYes — hardware UUID hash
Cloud-agnostic / on-premise optionCloud-dependentCloud-dependentCloud-dependent100% anywhere deployment

Comparison reflects the standard product tiers of each category as commonly deployed. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here for identification only.

Enterprise advantages

Engineered for the scale you actually operate at

Hyper-scalable architecture

Built for tech-giant fleets and Fortune 500 estates, with no performance degradation as endpoint counts climb into the millions.

Subnet isolation control

When a segment is breached, lock down every Leaf agent on it and isolate the whole subnet from one console action.

Regulatory compliance ready

Satisfies CTEM, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA and PCI DSS requirements for continuous asset discovery and access control.

Low system overhead

Leaf agents run under 15 MB of RAM, so security operations never show up as a slow laptop on an employee's desk.

Licensing

Transparent enterprise pricing

Every tier includes full access to both the Satellite (agentless CTEM) and Leaf (endpoint control) binaries. No module upsells, no per-feature gates.

Growth

Mid-market organisations and SMBs standardising their first continuous exposure programme.

$4,999/ year
  • Up to 250 managed endpoints (Leaf)
  • Up to 3 subnet Satellites
  • Cloud-hosted deployment
  • Full Hardware Control
  • Standard interactive remote CLI
  • 12-hour email support SLA
Most deployed

Enterprise

Large enterprises running segmented networks across multiple sites and regions.

$24,999/ year
  • Up to 10,000 managed endpoints (Leaf)
  • Up to 250 subnet Satellites
  • Cloud or on-premise deployment
  • Full Hardware Control
  • Full PTY console with audit logging
  • 1-hour dedicated escalation SLA

Global / Hyperscale

Fortune 500 estates, hyperscalers and defence operators running dedicated or air-gapped infrastructure.

Customquote
  • Unlimited managed endpoints
  • Unlimited subnet Satellites
  • Dedicated air-gapped or hybrid deployment
  • Full Hardware Control
  • Custom RBAC with audit streaming
  • 24/7/365 designated security engineer

Annual licence per organisation. Indian customers may be invoiced in INR; GST extra where applicable. Multi-year, reseller and government procurement terms available on request.

Frequently asked

CTEM questions, answered plainly

Yes. The NUMBROOT Hub deploys on local hypervisors or private cloud environments, and Satellites and Leaf agents resolve directly to your internal Hub IP address over local TLS and WebSocket connections. Nothing needs to reach the public internet at any point, which makes it viable inside classified networks, isolated OT segments and regulated financial environments.
The Leaf agent runs under high-privilege system accounts with active kernel-level watchdog protection. If the process is halted, the operating system service manager restarts it within three seconds, and the interruption is recorded against that asset so your SOC sees the attempt rather than a silent gap.
Satellites ship as a zero-configuration wrapper containing your deployment licence token. Running the .msi or .deb installer configures the background daemon and opens the secure WebSocket tunnel to the Hub automatically — no firewall exceptions to author, no reverse proxy to stand up and no per-host credentials to distribute.
Continuous Threat Exposure Management is a five-stage security practice defined by Gartner in 2022 — scoping, discovery, prioritisation, validation and mobilisation — that replaces periodic vulnerability scanning with an always-on view of exploitable exposure. It is a programme rather than a single product, and the tooling around it is usually split between exposure assessment platforms (EAP) and adversarial exposure validation (AEV). NUMBROOT delivers scoping, discovery and prioritisation agentlessly across every subnet, then adds the enforcement response layer that most CTEM tools leave to a separate product.
Every asset is keyed by a deterministic fingerprint — SHA-256 over the hardware UUID, the primary MAC address and the system serial number. When a Satellite scans a host that also runs a Leaf agent, both feeds resolve to the same key and merge into a single record within 24 hours, so your inventory count reflects machines rather than observations.
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud, as well as bare-metal servers and localised air-gapped data centres. The platform is deliberately cloud-agnostic — there is no vendor-hosted control plane you are obliged to route telemetry through, which is what makes on-premise and air-gapped operation a first-class deployment rather than an exception.

Take complete control of your threat exposure

Deploy NUMBROOT and see enterprise-grade CTEM with endpoint enforcement running in under fifteen minutes. Speak to the engineers who built it — on the phone or on WhatsApp.

30-day enterprise trial · air-gapped deployment available · no data leaves your network

Prefer to write first? Contact the PITOWINGS team. You may also want CBOMASTER for post-quantum cryptography posture, or our VAPT and offensive security services to validate what NUMBROOT surfaces.