Automatically adding and updating assets

The application can automatically add assets to the table and update information about assets. To automatically add and update assets in Kaspersky Industrial CyberSecurity for Networks, you must enable the following asset management methods:

• Asset activity detection When using this method, the application adds newly detected assets to the table based on the obtained MAC- and/or IP addresses of the assets. If the application detects activity of an already known asset, it may change its status depending on the current asset management mode.
• Asset Information Detection When using this method, the application updates information about known assets based on data received from traffic.

When assets are added automatically, a name is defined for each new asset based on the following template: Asset <value of the internal asset counter>. The value of the internal counter in the asset name may differ from the asset ID that is displayed in the Asset ID column. If use of the asset information detection method is enabled, the application may update the name of an asset when it receives information about the asset.

When an asset name is updated, the application replaces the current asset name with the obtained name of the device model or its network name (the name used to represent it in the network). The network name of the asset takes priority during an update.

To update the asset name according to changes in the model name and/or in the network name, you must enable automatic updates of this information in the asset settings.

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