Attackers do not always target the defenses you expect. Hardware-based attacks can exploit rogue, unauthorized, manipulated, or unmanaged devices to create security gaps that traditional software-focused cybersecurity tools may not detect.
The Bare Knight highlights an often-overlooked challenge: organizations need visibility and control at the hardware layer to understand which devices are connected to their environments and whether they can be trusted.
Why Hardware Visibility Matters
Every connected device can introduce risk. Without comprehensive hardware visibility, security teams may struggle to identify rogue devices, unauthorized peripherals, or other hardware threats operating within their environment.
Sepio provides organizations with deep hardware visibility and AI-powered device intelligence, helping security teams identify connected assets, understand their characteristics, and assess device trust.
This visibility helps uncover hardware-based threats that might otherwise remain hidden from traditional security solutions. By identifying devices at the physical layer, organizations can gain a more complete understanding of their asset inventory and strengthen their overall security posture.
Strengthening Zero Trust at the Hardware Layer
Zero Trust should not stop at users, applications, and networks. Hardware must also be continuously identified and validated.
Sepio extends Zero Trust principles to the hardware layer by providing the visibility, device intelligence, and policy capabilities organizations need to manage hardware risk. This approach helps security teams address hardware-based attacks as part of a broader cybersecurity strategy rather than treating hardware as a security blind spot.
Security teams can establish policies for connected devices and take action when unauthorized or potentially malicious hardware is identified, helping reduce the attack surface and strengthen protection against hardware threats.
See What Your Existing Security Tools May Be Missing
Hardware-based attacks demonstrate why protecting what you can see is not enough. Organizations also need to uncover devices and hardware risks that may be operating outside the visibility of traditional security controls.
Closing this visibility gap gives security teams greater insight into connected hardware and helps them make more informed decisions about which devices should be trusted.
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