ICS Asset Discovery and Management

Comprehensive visibility and control over any ICS environment.

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When you need it

  • Nobody can say with confidence what is connected to the control network
  • Asset lists live in spreadsheets that are out of date the day they are finished
  • A framework or regulator requires a current asset register

Securing ICS starts with a complete understanding of the environment: every asset and how it is configured. Our discovery service gives you that visibility, and the management service keeps it current.

Using advanced scanning and analysis tools we identify the industrial control systems, network devices, servers, OT workstations and other hardware and software components, and how they interact. We capture the ICS protocols in use and build a detailed inventory with asset type, location and configuration.

Once assets are identified we establish baseline configurations and put proactive monitoring in place. Ongoing monitoring, reporting and performance metrics let you measure the asset management programme and keep improving the environment.

How it runs

  1. 1

    Plan the discovery

    Which networks, which methods, and how to stay safe for operations.

  2. 2

    Discover

    Scanning and analysis tools identify control systems, network devices, servers, OT workstations, software and how they interact, and capture the ICS protocols in use.

  3. 3

    Build the inventory

    A detailed record of every asset: type, location and configuration.

  4. 4

    Baseline

    Baseline configurations so change and drift show up.

  5. 5

    Manage

    Proactive monitoring, reporting and performance metrics that keep the inventory alive.

What you get

  • A detailed asset inventory: type, location, configuration
  • ICS protocols captured and interactions mapped
  • Baseline configurations established
  • Ongoing monitoring, reporting and metrics

Where it is used most

Questions we get asked

Will discovery disrupt operations?

We use methods appropriate for ICS: passive capture and analysis first, active techniques only where agreed and safe.

What do we get at the end?

An inventory you own, with the baselines and the metrics to keep it current, in a form that fits your asset systems.

Is this a one-off?

Discovery can be. Management is ongoing: baselines, monitoring, reporting and metrics.

Further reading

Talk to us about asset discovery and management.

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