In recent months, during my research and studies, I have come across a reality as surprising as it is worrying: how easily it is possible to identify exposed systems on the network, even those belonging to organizations that—by mission or sector—should have a particularly solid security posture. We’re not talking about movie-like techniques or sophisticated attacks: in many cases, a boring Saturday night while the rest of the family is asleep, a specialized search engine, or a targeted scan are all it takes to discover accessible management interfaces, misconfigured servers, default credentials that have never been changed, or critical services without any