A regular network audit schedule can prevent a lot of problems. An active discovery tool helps you find and identify assets connected to your network. RAVENii can help you with this tool as well as describe the benefits of using it.

Active discovery tools are designed to help with the network audit process by detecting assets using a method catered to your needs. A basic example is the ping-and-response method used as an initial way to locate hosts on a network. Following are some of the benefits of using an active discovery tool to streamline your asset management:

1. Easy Asset Tracking

An active discovery tool will make your network audit process much simpler. Automated discovery monitors how long an asset has been used by adding usage dates into your system.  This will help you simplify your company’s asset management process from start to finish. 

2. Speeds The Process

Using an active automated tool will improve your mean time to resolution (MTTR). This means a faster response to service outages. A lower MTTR means you can save money on operating costs. Automating the discovery process helps you by allowing updates to your database to occur in real time. This removes the need to have someone manually enter them.

3. Reduces Costs

Using this tool in a network audit will reduce the time and cost of maintaining your configuration management database (CMDB). This happens from the tool identifying all assets in your environment and helps identify high value assets at the end of their lifecycle. It will also make it simple to identify and remove non-critical assets from your business applications.

4. Improved Performance

Tracking your IT assets is critical to achieving an accurate CMDB. Accurate information helps you keep up with your business’s needs. This tool not only helps identify problems, it allows you to create solutions that work for your business. 

5.  Better Information

Manual data entry makes keeping track of all devices added or removed from a network over time much more difficult. An active discovery tool can collect information about devices connected to your network and keep the information up-to-date. This helps with identifying security risks so you can retire devices before they cause damage.

RAVENii’s network audit services are designed to provide peace of mind and a secure environment for your business. Call RAVENii to find out how we can help (844) 317-0944 or click here to contact us online.