Solving Modern IT Asset Inventory and Vulnerability Detection Challenges

Introduction – Why Device Profiling Matters ?

As modern networks face a growing Internet of Things (IoT) footprint, organizations face a daunting task: managing their ever-growing device inventories and adopting new security measures. Traditional approaches fall short on profiling xIoT devices, leaving networks vulnerable to unidentified and unmanaged devices and missed vulnerabilities. ?This paper explains why traditional profiling approaches must be supplemented for more complete IT asset inventories and vulnerability detection, especially on xIoT.

The Limitations of Traditional Approaches

• Scanners rely on endpoint agents or by connecting to open ports to gather profiling information.? The problem is that IoT devices often don’t support agents and have no/limited open ports.
• Intrusive scanners risk overwhelming resource-constrained devices
• Passive monitoring and profiling is hindered by encryption, requires sensitive data/packet collection, and fails to detect xIoT device vulnerabilities & exploits that require active inspection.
• Asset management solutions inherited the limitations of scanning and passive monitoring.
• Manual inventory management doesn't scale due to the exponential growth and increasing heterogeneity of IoT devices.

Service Providers' Dilemma

• Incomplete device inventory means missed scope, project work and revenue.
• A comprehensive, real-time inventory and xIoT threat detection is pivotal for proactive risk management

IoTSecure: Enhanced Device Profiling for More Complete Inventory Management and Security

IoTSecure’s unique approach is designed to overcome the limitations of traditional approaches to provide enhanced device profiling, resulting in more complete and accurate device inventories and vulnerability detection.? It’s continuous, always on and always up to date.

• Proprietary multi-faceted, agentless approach integrates non-intrusive active scanning with AI-enhanced passive monitoring and service profiling for enhanced device profiling
• Extensive library containing millions of device fingerprints for accurate profiling and vulnerability detection
• Simple, rapid, set it and forget it deployment without relying on endpoint agents, network TAP/SPAN ports, sensitive data, or packet collection
• Safe on the network and safe on even resource-constrained IoT devices
• Continuous discovery, profiling and tracking of ALL devices, with detailed device identification (category, type, manufacturer, ports, OS, manageable or unmanageable)
• Seamless integration of device context with existing tools and processes (Asset Management, SIEM, ITSM, CMDB, CMMS, NAC, etc.) for increased efficiencies in IT asset management & inventory supplementation, segmentation, and remediation prioritization

IoTSecure's unique combination of profiling techniques vastly improves profiling on xIoT devices.

IoTSecure goes to great lengths to profile xIoT devices because they have different network profile characteristics than traditional devices.

IoTSecure revolutionizes the way organizations manage their device inventories and threat detection in the xIoT era.

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?Note:? Outside of the scope of this paper, IoTSecure also provides dynamic micro-segmentation to automatically detect and block anomalous external communications and lateral movement without disrupting intended device functionality.