About Discovery Scan Jobs

Ivanti Endpoint Security uses network-based scanning to detect endpoints (computers, laptops, and so on) and devices (routers, printers, and so on) on your network. These scans are called Discovery Scan Jobs.

The primary purpose of Discovery Scan Jobs is to detect endpoints that have no agents installed. After these unprotected endpoints are detected, you can install agents on them, ensuring your endpoints are safe from potential security breaches. The secondary purpose of the Discovery Scan Job is to provide a census of network assets and other information. This census includes:

• Endpoints
• Endpoint address information
• Endpoint operating system information
• Devices (printers, routers, and so on)

The Discovery Scan Job is fully customizable. When configuring a Discovery Scan Job, you can control the following job behavior:

• Job date and time
• Job recurrence
• Job discovery methods used to define scan targets
• Job discovery options used to acquire asset information
• Job credentials used to acquire asset information

Important: You must have Network discovery and File sharing enabled to successfully discover endpoints. For additional information on enabling these security features, refer to Configuring Endpoints for Discovery.