I was asked to provide a health check with insights into the clients Discovery operations. I created a custom application called Pithos – a python-based application which collected data from CMDB and Discovery. This data was then imported into Power BI and we were able to present the following back to the client:
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High disk utilisation
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Presence of core dumps
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Segregated architecture, but no network segregation
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Sensitive data such as plaintext usernames and passwords stored in unstructured data fields
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Scan schedules impacting performance
This was followed up with a roadmap of improvements for the client with the option of being delivered by my company.