ICS security technology firm, Applied Risk discusses the importance of asset identification in ICS environments. The post explains how to approach asset identification and the benefits of passive monitoring solutions, not only to discover assets, but also for maintaining an up-to-date inventory, highlighting anomalies, and pinpointing operational problems – all while avoiding disruption to critical processes. You cannot protect what you do not know - not only is asset management necessary to properly protect critical assets, but it is an important part of business continuity and resilience planning. Applied Risk.