Many IT/OT professionals are very concerned about configuration port management. Configuration ports are often on a separate network, typically called an out-of-band or maintenance network. Many use the out-of-band network extensively for break/fix, patching, the build process, configuration changes, and asset redeployment. From a user (admin) perspective, configuration ports can be problematic because access often […]

Many of today’s monitoring solutions depend on polling at predefined intervals, using agents that are only capable of responding when the operating system and network stack are functioning normally. Because polling a large number of systems frequently can be resource intensive, polling intervals are commonly 10 to 20 minutes or even longer, which can result […]