Know Your Unknowns With a Master IP Address List Audit

The first item on both the CIS Controls and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a not-so-simple task: Identify your assets. Knowing your network is the most foundational step in building a secure organization, but many organizations overlook important edge cases and even mundane events that lead to an incomplete view of their network. M&A activities, divestitures, legacy technology, regional offices, cloud migrations, rogue development, and errors are among the normal sources of change that hinder organizations’ ability to maintain accurate IP address lists. Organizations need a way to correctly identify and track their assets despite these challenges in order to regain control of their asset lists, ensure compliance, and mitigate risks.