Discovery is about uncovering dependencies between applications, devices, users and workloads. So discovery is really all about providing visibility then – Visibility is the end-goal.
And whilst agentless discovery solutions (a.k.a traditional network scanning) promises visibility using a combination of discovery, profiling and classification techniques, reality couldn’t be further from the truth. Operational challenges of placing network appliances or probes across multi-site environments leaves islands of visibility, and not providing that comprehensive view that you were looking for. It can also expensive, and sometimes impossible to place packet-capture everywhere you need.
Visibility on dependencies are also limited through agentless/network solutions – even if you see traffic flows from Server A to Server B, there is no way to tell for sure if the traffic is part of Application A or Application B.
Perhaps we have been looking at the problem from the wrong angle. If we agree that visibility is the end goal, over-dependence on agentless solutions (a.k.a traditional network scanning) might not help to achieve your visibility goals. On the other hand, whilst agent-based solutions are excellent in providing a holistic view (capturing and reporting hardware, software, and traffic information as it happens), the problem with discovering unknown and unmanaged devices in your environment remains.
So, we thought, why not have the best of both worlds?
An agent-based solution that provides comprehensive visibility and does discovery of devices at the same time!
Rethinking the problem guided our vision to an innovative and distributed way of discovering devices across all environments – leaving no islands of visibility and making it easy for large complex multi-site environments.
With the enterprise perimeter fast expanding beyond on-premise networks, we saw a new need for visibility across all environments – on and off premise, cloud and hybrid data centers. Perimeter-based discovery tools are no longer apt in today’s dynamic and complex digital world.
Our mission is to empower our customers to automate workloads discovery and mapping across all their environments.
We want our customers to trust their network again through a holistic visualization of their infrastructure and all its dependencies.
CEO / CO-FOUNDER
Unconventional techie.
A techie who, peculiarly, spent more than 17 years of his career in sales and channels business development. With a Bachelor in Computer Science background, Ivan co-invented the 2 Avnos patents with Liad Mizrachi.
Though a techie at heart, Ivan has spent the bulk of his career time in sales and channels business development roles at global enterprises such as SAP, Alcatel-Lucent and Akamai. With a great understanding of technologies and a wealth of experience in the business world, Ivan brings about the best of both worlds to the team.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivangohsg
HEAD OF OPERATIONS / CO-FOUNDER
Limits breaking.
A cyber veteran with more than 20 published advisories and 9 patents under his belt.
Check Point, Radware, RSA - cyber security research and development works, Liad is constantly challenging himself to greater heights. He leads the strategic development of the Avnos platform, working closely with Avnos customers on a daily basis to better understand their problems, and researching new innovative ways of solving these problems.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liadmz/
We are proud that our approach has brought us recognition from some of the most prestigious scale-up programs globally.
LORCA is a cybersecurity programme funded by the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and delivered by Plexal, Deloitte and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies. Their mission is to support the most promising cyber solutions that will help everyone to stay safe in a connected world.
Avnos is proud to be selected for LORCA fourth cohort in 2020, working alongside a group of highly innovative cyber security startups, developing the UK cyber eco-system.
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