Vendor, model and firmware identification

1. 01

   Challenge

   Vulnerability work stalls because nobody knows which firmware each controller and network device runs.

2. 02

   What WireTrace sees

   The identity records many industrial, building and network protocols carry: vendor, order number, firmware and station names.

3. 03

   What WireTrace understands

   Vendor, model and firmware recorded per device with the observation that produced each value.

4. 04

   What WireTrace decides

   Which devices can be matched to advisories at version level, and which need further evidence.

5. 05

   Integration / action

   Optional read-only switch polling and credentialed collection add the same details for IT and network equipment.

6. 06

   Outcome

   Firmware-level inventory for the devices that state it, with honest gaps for those that do not.

Condition: Model and firmware are recorded where the device states them, or where switch polling or credentialed collection provides them.