SecurityScorecard Buys Driftnet for More Internet Visibility

Driftnet Acquisition Adds Real-Time Visibility Into Exposed Assets and AI Risks Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • May 15, 2026

SecurityScorecard purchased an internet scanning startup led by a longtime United Kingdom government researcher to get deeper visibility into internet infrastructure and hidden exposures.

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The New York-based third-party risk management vendor said Driftnet was engineered to discover hidden infrastructure through highly targeted reconnaissance techniques that map relationships between configurations and identify chained misconfigurations, said co-founder and CEO Aleksandr Yampolskiy. Driftnet indexes about 40% more internet-exposed hosts than rival platforms, he said.

"Artificial intelligence has changed the attack surface in ways that have outpaced most security programs," Yampolskiy told ISMG. "Agents are deployed across vendor environments at scale and speed that really creates entirely new categories of third-party risk."

Driftnet, founded in 2019, employs fewer ...