An Intellyx Brain Candy Brief
Viakoo integrates with Armis, Forescout, Nozomi, and Cyclera to discover IoT devices and identify any vulnerabilities the devices may have.
Remediation of any identified vulnerabilities is then automated, such as updating firmware, changing a password, or renewing a certificate.
Viakoo views IoT security in the context of the applications connected to the devices because device vulnerabilities can significantly impact those applications and the businesses that depend on them.
After updating a device’s firmware, changing a password, or refreshing a certificate key, Viakoo notifies the application of the change.
Viakoo also maintains logs of all changes so IT staff can review device compliance information for an application.
Like the discovery solutions Viakoo integrates with, Viakoo operates without the need to deploy agents on the IoT devices.
Just as traditional IT systems tools emerged to discover hardware and software in the network and automatically patch vulnerable systems, similar techniques are being developed for the IoT world.
New tools such as Viakoo are required because traditional discovery agents aren’t effective for IoT devices.
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