An organization discovered a web application server without a record in its asset inventory. A security manager suspects there are other similar systems. Which approach is recognized for systematically uncovering unauthorized systems on the network?
Manual review of each system log to locate references to unregistered servers
Waiting for users to submit email alerts about unnoticed equipment
Compiling department-provided lists of all hardware acquisitions
Network scanning software that checks IP ranges and open ports to detect unknown hosts
Network scanning with specialized tools helps identify unregistered IP addresses, open ports, and host information across subnets. Manual log reviews or departmental lists can miss unrecorded devices, and user reports do not guarantee completeness.
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