SEC Asset Discovery: Automated Asset Discovery in Industrial Control Systems – Exploring the Problem

..Vulnerabilities within Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) represent a significant safety, ecological and economical risk to owners, operators and nation states. Numerous examples from recent years are available to demonstrate that these vulnerabilities are being exploited by threat actors…

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