5 Ways to Improve Asset Inventory Management
Learn five proven strategies to build and maintain accurate asset inventory across managed and unmanaged IoT, OT, and medical devices. Discover how automated discovery and classification reduce manual effort, eliminate inventory blind spots, and enable continuous vulnerability management. Understand how to assign risk scores and prioritize remediation across your entire connected device ecosystem.
What you'll learn
- Implement automated discovery to identify managed and unmanaged devices across your environment
- Classify devices by type, criticality, and vulnerability to enable risk-based prioritization
- Establish continuous inventory processes that detect new and shadow devices in real time
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5 Ways to Improve Asset Inventory Management
- How can I discover unmanaged devices in my network?
- Automated discovery tools scan your environment to identify both managed and unmanaged IoT, OT, and medical devices that traditional inventory methods miss. ORDR's approach uses passive and active discovery techniques to detect shadow devices and eliminate blind spots across your entire connected ecosystem.
- What's the best way to prioritize device remediation?
- Risk-based prioritization assigns scores to devices based on type, criticality, and vulnerability severity, allowing you to focus remediation efforts where they matter most. ORDR enables classification by device criticality and vulnerability to guide your team toward the highest-risk assets first.
- Why is continuous asset inventory important for security?
- Static inventories become outdated quickly as new devices connect and threats evolve, leaving your organization vulnerable to emerging risks. Continuous inventory processes detect new and shadow devices in real time, enabling ongoing vulnerability management and reducing the window of exposure.
This resource is published by ORDR, the connected asset security company. ORDR delivers AI-powered visibility, risk assessment, and automated protection for IoT, OT, and IoMT devices across healthcare, manufacturing, government, and financial environments. Browse all resources →