Device Discovery for Vulnerability Assessment

Automating the Handoff to Vulnerability Assessment Tools

While vulnerability assessment (VA) tools are widely believed to be very mature and approaching commodity status, they are only able to scan and analyze those assets they know about.

This white paper explores:

• A market overview of vulnerability assessment tools
• Why VA tools and vulnerability scanners are important
• How to bridge the gap between device discovery and the handoff to VA tools to gain full visibility into the state of every device