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Network Asset Discovery & Visibility

Simplify IT inventory management by visualizing assets for a clear view of your security posture

Alert Logic’s network discovery scanner continuously gathers detailed information about the quantity, location, and condition of assets across your enterprise, whether in the cloud, on-premises, or in hybrid environments. This streamlined discovery process is fully managed for you, helping you maintain accurate IT asset visibility.

Discover IT Assets

Alert Logic’s network discovery scanner identifies assets and configurations, providing you with the insights needed to make informed decisions about what to protect and to what level. Gain full visibility of all assets and environments for better security management — all from an intuitive console.

Automatic asset discovery: Integrate with cloud platforms for automated network asset discovery and simplified maintenance.
Simple subnet definition: Easily define networks and subnets in traditional infrastructure using IP ranges and CIDR addressing.
Configurable protection: Instantly define your level of protection based on visualizations of discovered assets and their configurations.
External asset scanning: Configure external assets for PCI scanning against domain names and IP addresses.

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Visualize Your Environment

Using the security overview in the Alert Logic console, you can quickly see your network inventory and relationships in the topology map. With this high-level view, you can assess deployments and prioritize security measures for your corporate IT assets.

Identify vulnerabilities: Instantly view vulnerabilities and prioritize which to address first, with actionable remediation guidance
Customizable mapping: Add data from other network asset sources using the Alert Logic Asset API
Real-time scanning: Configure the network discovery scanner based on your actual environment’s topology

Contextualize Relationships and Connections

Gain insights into the relationships between network assets, configurations, security incidents, and vulnerabilities. This allows for targeted mitigation and informed remediation planning.

Visualize in detail: View assets, configurations, and metadata related to incidents and vulnerabilities.
Cloud platform integration: Easily understand how incidents and vulnerabilities relate to potential cloud platform configurations.
Event ingestion: Pull data from AWS Security Hub, Azure Event Hub, and other cloud systems to track assets and vulnerabilities more effectively.

Our network discovery scanner tool helps visualize relationships between assets

The Benefits of Choosing Alert Logic

Alert Logic delivers a comprehensive solution, providing asset visibility, vulnerability assessments, and threat detection and response for optimal security coverage. This enables broader detection with less effort and reduced cost.

And with Alert Logic, you’ll have a solution for dealing with shadow IT risks. This refers to technology solutions, software, or devices used within an organization without explicit IT department approval. These hidden assets pose significant security risks, as they may bypass standard controls. Alert Logic’s network discovery solution helps uncover shadow IT, ensuring complete visibility into all devices and services operating within your network.