Ep 204 Understanding of the Landscape of Your Network

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We all know that in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. A couple of years later, a map maker named Americo Vespucci made quite a splash with a new map. This has a direct parallel with today’s information technology.

Columbus really did not “discover” anything—it was there all along. When you look at an enterprise system, be it a bank in Houston or a federal agency, you may have only a hint of what is on your network.

Who knows what kind of “ghost IT” has been added to your system? It could be a deliberate attempt by an employee to circumvent the compliance process; it could be a malicious actor who has entered your system.

Today, we sit down with Tom Guarente from Armis, the “Asset Intelligence Company.”  Armis can take a detailed look at your network and provide you with actionable information. On-premises networks, endpoints, data centers, cloud, and hybrid cloud = a wide range of potential presences on your network.

During the interview, Tom Guarente emphasized the importance of putting this information in proper perspective. When an asset is identified, its relationship to other assets and its context is just about as important as the ability to detect it at all.

Armis can assist federal agencies with understanding relationships and vulnerabilities they did not even know they had.