Episode 56: Asset Discovery in the Wild
Before you can scan for vulnerabilities, you need to know what assets you’re protecting. In this episode, we focus on the first step of the vulnerability management lifecycle: asset discovery. You’ll learn how analysts use map scans and device fingerprinting to build an accurate inventory of hardware, software, and services within a network—information that is critical for everything that follows.
We’ll explore how this discovery process varies across enterprise, cloud, and OT environments, and how attackers use the same techniques for reconnaissance. You'll also learn why asset inventories must be continuously updated to remain accurate and useful. This episode helps establish the foundational idea that you can't protect what you don't know—and CySA+ will test your ability to discover and categorize systems under your organization's care. Brought to you by BareMetalCyber.com
