Most asset inventory approaches fail before they begin. Passive monitoring systems that listen to network traffic miss devices that aren't communicating - if a device isn't talking, it doesn't exist in passive inventories. Sensors installed throughout networks capture snapshots rather than complete pictures, leaving organizations chasing vulnerability ghosts with less than 1% accuracy on real alerts. Without direct device interrogation using legitimate industrial protocols, contextualization becomes impossible.

Complete OT asset inventories require vendor-agnostic discovery down to sensor level, not just east-west traffic monitoring.

In this session, you will learn:

• Why passive monitoring and passive-active hybrid approaches fail to deliver complete contextualized asset inventories;
• Vulnerability management that eliminates wasted effort by instantly identifying which CVEs actually affect specific environments;
• Obsolescence risk management that identifies end-of-life devices before failures halt production lines.