Evidence-based asset discovery
Build a durable inventory from authorized local observations, imports and named runs while keeping coverage gaps visible.
DiscoverAsset, connectivity & exposure intelligence
See how exposure becomes a path to impact.
Build an evidence-backed view of connected assets, services and exposure, then identify plausible attack paths across IT, OT and IoT before deciding where to intervene.
Designed for on-site intelligence with tenant-local collection. Candidate identities, vulnerabilities and paths retain their evidence state and assumptions.
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ObserveAuthorized local collection and imported evidence
ConnectAssets, services, identities and reachability
PrioritizeExposure in operational and business context
RehearseModeled changes before touching the environment
Why Breakwater Discover
Move from asset visibility to operational consequence.
Where can exposure reach operations?
Asset inventories and vulnerability scanners identify important facts. Discover connects those facts to reachability, operational context and the paths an adversary may use.
01ObserveAssets, services and evidence
02ConnectReachability and relationships
03IdentifyCandidate paths to impact
04RehearseInterventions before production
Your existing layerIt providesBreakwater addsDecision enabled
Asset and network toolsInventory, telemetry and known findingsEvidence state, confidence and coverage gapsA reviewable view of what is connected
Vulnerability managementSeverity and candidate exposureReachability and integrated attack pathsWhich exposure can plausibly reach operations
Tickets and change systemsA request to remediateModeled control points and digital rehearsalWhich intervention to validate first
Integrated attack-path identification
Follow the route, not another vulnerability list.
Discover combines inventory, connectivity, service and exposure evidence in one model. A candidate path shows which assumptions create a route to a protected asset, the evidence behind each hop, and the control points that may break the path.
Put each finding in reachability context.
Severity alone does not show whether an exposed service can participate in a route to a critical system. Discover connects the finding to the assets and network relationships around it.
- Named evidence lineageKeep the source run, provider state and supporting references with the path.
- Visible assumptionsSeparate observed connectivity from inferred or modeled relationships.
- Interruption pointsReview where segmentation, access changes or remediation could alter the route.
Use the path as an investigation plan.
Each route is a candidate to validate. Reachability does not prove exploitation, vulnerability applicability or compromise. It focuses the next evidence request and gives technical and business teams a shared object to review.
Competitive edge
Attack-path identification is integrated with discovery, exposure analysis and rehearsal instead of being a disconnected graph built from a separate inventory.
Connected intelligence
From first observation to a reviewable plan.
Discover preserves the distinction between what the environment reported, what the platform inferred and what still needs a human decision.
Identity and service context
Connect protocol evidence, services, confidence reasoning and candidate product identity without presenting a guess as confirmation.
Scoped exposure analysis
Keep provider coverage, freshness, candidate state and validation decisions attached to vulnerability findings.
Integrated attack paths
Trace candidate routes across accepted asset and connectivity evidence, with assumptions and supporting records available for review.
Digital twin and rehearsal
Explore a modeled change, checkpoint and rollback plan against a sealed simulation lineage before customer systems are touched.
Cryptographic readiness
Inventory observed cryptographic use, unknown dependencies and ownership gaps to frame post-quantum transition work.
How teams use Discover
Start with scope. End with an accountable next step.
Use one site, one operational question and one named evidence set. Expand only after the team agrees what the first evaluation established.
Define the footprint
Name the site, data boundary, collection method and systems that must remain untouched.
Collect and inspect
Review asset identity, service posture, confidence and provider coverage from an authorized source.
Trace candidate paths
Connect exposure to reachability and identify the assumptions that need validation.
Plan and rehearse
Compare interruption options, preserve rollback notes and hand a bounded proposal to the responsible team.
The product, in context
Move between topology, exposure and readiness.
These product views show different parts of the same evidence chain. The full-screen controls preserve enough detail for technical review.
Actual product capture · Topology
Actual product capture · Supplied findings
Where it fits
Keep the systems that already collect and enforce.
Discover adds evidence-backed identity, exposure context, attack-path analysis and rehearsal between raw tools and an authorized operational change.
Controlled AI access
Bring Breakwater evidence into approved AI workflows.
A read-only MCP endpoint lets approved clients query Breakwater evidence without granting response authority. OAuth identity and explicit scopes keep access bounded and attributable.
- Read-only evidenceExpose authorized context without creating an execution path.
- Named identityUse OAuth client identity instead of a shared anonymous endpoint.
- Explicit scopeLimit each connection to the approved evidence surface.
Actual product capture · Sensitive values redacted
IDS and NDR
Use network detection as a source. Discover focuses on what exists, how it connects and which exposure deserves the next investigation.
Vulnerability management
Preserve scanner coverage and candidate state, then add asset relationships and attack-path context to prioritization.
CMDB and asset inventory
Add security identity, service evidence, uncertainty and run lineage without treating the platform as a generic system of record.
SIEM and response tools
Prepare bounded, evidence-linked decisions and proposals that can feed operations without silently executing changes.
Operating boundary
Confidence is part of the result.
Discover is designed for security work where an unsupported conclusion can create operational risk.
- Active collection requires explicit local authorization, scope and an approved collector path.
- A candidate vulnerability is not proof that a specific asset is exploitable.
- An attack path is a route to investigate, not proof of compromise.
- Digital-twin and rehearsal records remain labeled as modeled or simulated evidence.
- Post-quantum readiness depends on inventory completeness, protocol behavior, ownership and migration testing.
Questions worth asking.
What should we evaluate first?
Choose one site or bounded asset group and one decision: an unexplained exposure, a route to a critical asset, a coverage gap or a cryptographic transition question.
Does Discover replace our scanners?
No. It can use authorized provider results and imports while preserving provider state, coverage and validation context. Existing sensors and enforcement tools remain part of the environment.
Does an attack path prove an intrusion?
No. The path describes plausible reachability under stated evidence and assumptions. Observed activity, vulnerability applicability and exploitation require separate evidence.
Can it support restricted environments?
Discover is designed for on-site use with local processing and tenant-local collectors. Validate the selected release's air-gap, offline-update, storage, identity and recovery controls for the intended deployment.
One ASOC platform
Carry the evidence forward.
Discover establishes what is connected and exposed. Provenance tests the support behind a finding. Response governs the next step and verifies the outcome.
Start with one real environment
Plan a focused Discover evaluation.
Tell us which systems you need to understand, what evidence already exists and which decisions are currently difficult to defend.