An effective OT vulnerability management solution should provide complete and accurate visibility into hardware, software, and patch levels, since understanding what assets exist is essential for identifying and mitigating risk. Automation in asset discovery is critical for maintaining accuracy at scale. Flexible asset inventory ingestion is also important, allowing organizations to integrate and normalize data from third‑party tools to maximize return on existing security investments. In OT environments, scanless vulnerability identification is a key quality, as it reduces operational risk by avoiding intrusive active scanning. Together, these capabilities enable safer, more efficient vulnerability management tailored to industrial operations.

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