Cybersecurity 101: Know what you’re defending. Easier said than done in a lot of environments. Homogeneous environments should ostensibly make a sysadmin's work easier in this regard; you bought 1,000 PCs, you should be able to see 1,000 PCs in use. Heterogeneous environments, those that are more liberal with their bandwidth (BYOD), and those that don’t enforce strict policies (rogue IT), make the job more difficult.
Customers frequently ask us to help identify all the devices of a particular type or class in their environments. A small sample of the varied reasons:
Customers frequently ask us to help identify all the devices of a particular type or class in their environments. A small sample of the varied reasons:
- They bought 1,000 PCs, but are 1,000 PCs actually in use?
- Are all of those PCs running the latest Windows OS? If not, which ones?
- If there are more than 1,000 PC in use...where did those other systems come from? If there are less than 1,000 in use, well, maybe it's time to have a talk with Fred down in receiving.
- Are there a 1,010 systems in use but only 1,000 endpoint protection licenses in use?
Regardless of the reason, Senrio Insight makes identifying devices based on a wide range of criteria fast and easy. This short use-case video we’ve put together illustrates how one can search all connected devices in an enterprise by a given protocol (in this case HTTP). Change the port search criteria to “123” and you can see how many time servers the devices in your network are using. The same process works for criteria like OS, manufacturer, and so on.
Knowing what your IT and IoT enterprise is really made of is a fundamental task that is made radically easier with Senrio Insight. Visit our website to see more use-case videos, a video demo, and to start an evaluation.
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