CYBERSECURITY

Asset Inventory Management

ESTABLISHING A MASTER ASSET INVENTORY

Doing better at Asset Inventory matters

A Master Asset List will allow for proper understanding of Vulnerabilities, Risk, Mitigation, and Patching. Vendor, Product, Version is required to condense thousands of assets into hundreds of unique items requiring patches.

ASSET INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

Conduct a Comprehensive Asset Inventory

IMPROVE YOUR CYBERSECURITY PROFILE

There is a relationship between asset vulnerabilities and exploitability that can be difficult to obtain. Vulnerability scores may not take into consideration contextual or environmental factors that determine risk. Benefits of a risk-based approach to identifying assets include:

Assigning criticality and system owners
Identifying vulnerabilities and known exploits
Quickly identify available patches
Prioritize remediation/mitigation efforts
Meet compliance requirements
Faster disaster recovery
Identify end of support assets

ESTABLISH A CYBERSECURITY BASELINE

Identifying unique assets and their criticality in your environment is essential for establishing a baseline and building a layered defense strategy. Our team of experts is ready to help you conduct an objective, comprehensive asset inventory. OT Security requires an understanding of the convergence of IT/OT assets and policies.

CREATE YOUR MASTER ASSET LIST

We collaborate with your team to develop and maintain a master asset list (MAL) at a vendor, product, version level by leveraging your existing tools and our best practice adapted to your budget and organization

What We Identify

Devices and their applications
Vendor names and product names
Model numbers and version numbers

ASSET INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

Foxguard’s Asset Inventory Management Offers More

OT assets are often hard to reach, difficult to interact with, and highly specialized for specific environments. Foxguard’s Asset Inventory Management Solutions offer perspective on where and how your assets can be interacted with, reconciled, or tagged.  We incorporate our extensive experience and strategic partners to provide the best and most adaptable solution on the market. Engage with our team to understand our value driven approach to OT Security and Asset Discovery. Obtain a sample report and test our capabilities.

OBJECTIVES

Achieve Asset Inventory Objectives

Our cybersecurity experts will help you achieve the following objectives:

REDUCE ASSET IDENTIFICATION MEAN-TIME

SHIFT THE RESOURCE BURDEN FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION TO FOXGUARD

IMPROVE AWARENESS OF KNOWN AND UNFAMILIAR ASSETS

WIDEN YOUR VIEW OF ASSETS ACROSS YOUR ORGANIZATION

IMPROVE COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTATION

SHINE A LIGHT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CYBERSECURITY WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION

OUR APPROACH

Asset Inventory Management 101

Our Systematic Approach Brings Order to the Chaos

Foxguard will support you with a systematic process for inventorying your assets. The result will be a master asset list (MAL) that identifies unique assets that are, and are not, part of your network.

Assessing risks and vulnerabilities

The next step in cybersecurity is assessing your risk and vulnerability. We do this with our Vulnerability Management Solutions. We can help quickly identify the relationship of:

Asset to Vulnerability
Vulnerability to Exploitability
Vulnerability to Risk Reduction
Vulnerability to Prioritized Mitigation Strategies
Vulnerability to Applicable Priority Patches

Our Enterprise-Level Programs

Foxguard offers comprehensive cybersecurity solutions to build an enterprise program. Foxguard’s enterprise cybersecurity program saves time and resources.

Governance Program build and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Asset inventory management.
Hardware and software design, procurement, and integration to build your secure infrastructure.
Patch management, including patch availability reporting, patch acquisition, patch testing/validation, and patch deployment.
Vulnerability Management intelligence to associate and prioritize known vulnerabilities and exploits to your asset list.
Customized processes and methodologies
Onsite Cybersecurity Consultants and Field Service Engineers.

Identification, reconciliation, and management of assets enable us to define your organization’s unique master asset list and establish a cybersecurity baseline. This will facilitate quick, informed decision-making to remediate risk.

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COMPLIANCE

Asset Inventory Management Compliance

NERC CIP Compliance

Foxguard has supported NERC CIP cybersecurity since 2005. We worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the Department of Energy to help create the NERC CIP cybersecurity compliance program.

NEI (Nuclear Energy Institute) and 10 CFR 73.54

Foxguard is highly experienced in all facets of NEI cyber security requirements. We help nuclear utilities stay abreast of evolving cyber security regulatory requirements.

TSA Security Directives

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued Security Directives (SDs) for:

Identifying Critical Cyber Systems (CCS), applying security patches, and documenting alternate mitigations to patching are required to meet TSA cybersecurity directives.

Does My Manufacturing Facility Need Asset Inventory Management?

If you are a manufacturer in the critical infrastructure sector, you have industrial control systems (ICS) that must be protected from cyber threats. That is why asset identification is the first step in managing cyber vulnerability for critical manufacturing.

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) states the Critical Manufacturing Sector should embrace the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity framework.

What Is an Industrial Control System?

ICS is the integration of hardware and software that manages, regulates, and automates industrial processes. These components include devices, systems, networks, and controls. ICS components are assets. Thus, asset inventory management is foundational to protecting critical infrastructure from threat actors.

OUR CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS ARE HERE TO HELP YOU

Six Reasons for Foxguard Asset Inventory Management

THE THREAT IS REAL

In October 2020, CISA estimated U.S. companies lost $394,000 to $19.9 million per cyberattack. Cybersecurity is a key component of operational uptime.

THREAT ACTORS ARE PERSISTENT

So are we. Cybersecurity is never a “one-and-done.” The threats—both foreign and domestic—are continuous. We remain hypervigilant, tenacious, and flexible to protect your organization.

YOU HAVE SPECIFIC NEEDS

Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, we leverage our demonstrated experience, proven processes, and customized tools to address your unique needs.

WE'RE LEADERS

Foxguard provides expert talent, knowledge, and experience for OT environments in critical infrastructure sectors. Foxguard is part of the global Framatome Cybersecurity Solution line.

OUR PEOPLE ARE THE BEST

We collaborate with you, your teams, and your systems. We know OT assets are often geographically dispersed, not readily accessible, or not apparent. Foxguard can walk sites and gather this information.

WE SERVE AS AN EXTENSION OF YOUR TEAM

We free up your resources. Whether you have robust IT/OT teams or have holes in your starting lineup, Foxguard is here to help.

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