Automated Asset Discovery - PAS Integrity Software Suite - 7.3 - Administration & Configuration - Intergraph

Integrity Administration Guide

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Industrial control systems face growing risk from a malicious or inadvertent change. Hackers have increased their knowledge of industrial control systems and are becoming more coordinated and targeted in their efforts to gain control over process control systems. Mistakes and anomalies can go unnoticed and potentially affect production without automated detection in place.

One way to actively monitor for safety and reliability threats is to maintain a complete inventory of IT and OT assets. To keep an inventory complete and current, it cannot be managed manually. Devices on the Process Control Network (PCN) change as new systems are added, existing systems are removed, and unauthorized devices may connect. To ensure security and compliance, you need to know what assets or devices exist at all times. The only way to do that efficiently is to automatically discover the assets on the network as well as those assets that are no longer on the network.

To provide this information, Integrity gathers data from assets connected to the PCN. By referencing this data, Integrity can accomplish the following goals:

  • Dynamically detect what is or is not on a PCN.

  • Detect previously identified assets or devices that are no longer on a PCN.

  • Ensure that the assets or devices on the PCN are being managed.

To use automated asset discovery, you need to implement the following asset models:

  • PAS Cyber Integrity

  • PAS Workflows

  • PAS Inventory Items

  • PAS Network Devices

  • PAS Recon

You should also implement the asset models for your other types of systems. For more information, see the Implementation Guide for each asset model.

For more information about asset discovery, see the following topics: