Attack Surface Management in 2026: Why Point-in-Time Scans Can’t Keep Up With Cloud Sprawl

Cloud infrastructure now changes by the hour, yet many security teams still map their external attack surface once a quarter or once a year. That mismatch creates blind spots that can last for months. A developer spins up a test environment on a Tuesday, an engineer opens a storage bucket for a partner on Wednesday, and a marketing team launches a campaign subdomain on Friday.