RunZero Network Discovery

RunZero Network Discovery delivers advanced, safe active scanning and protocol-level network analysis engineered to uncover every hardware and software asset across hybrid enterprise networks. Traditional network scanning approaches frequently present significant drawbacks: credentialed scans require expansive administrative privileges that increase security risks, while heavy exploit-driven vulnerability scanners can crash fragile operational technology (OT), printers, and medical devices. runZero Network Discovery resolves these operational challenges by employing safe, uncredentialed active probing techniques that query network endpoints using dozens of benign protocol exchanges. The discovery engine analyzes response timing, TCP/IP stack characteristics, TLS handshakes, HTTP headers, NetBIOS names, and specialized industrial protocol banners to generate precise hardware and OS classifications. Operating at remarkable speeds, runZero Network Discovery can map enterprise subnets containing tens of thousands of IP addresses in just minutes. The platform automatically identifies dual-homed machines, unmanaged switches, transient contractor devices, and unauthorized shadow IT systems bridging private networks. Security teams leverage this comprehensive discovery telemetry to eliminate blind spots, audit network segmentation controls, and feed accurate, enriched asset context into SIEM and vulnerability management systems.