Patent ID: 11902313
Assignee: QUALYS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A method comprising:
receiving, by at least one processing device of a computing apparatus, raw scan data in response to conducting a scan of an enterprise network;
identifying, by the at least one processing device, a plurality of assets in communication with the enterprise network using the raw scan data;
determining, by the at least one processing device, whether a previous scan of the enterprise network was a first authenticated scan or a first non-authenticated scan, wherein the previous scan was executed before the scan;
determining, by the at least one processing device, whether the scan of the enterprise network is a second authenticated scan or a second non-authenticated scan;
determining a first scan authoritativeness of the scan of the enterprise network;
determining a second scan authoritativeness of the previous scan of the enterprise network;
comparing the first scan authoritativeness of the scan of the enterprise network with the second scan authoritativeness of the previous scan of the enterprise network;
determining whether to format the raw scan data, based on comparing the first scan authoritativeness of the scan of the enterprise network with the second scan authoritativeness of the previous scan of the enterprise network;
evaluating, by the at least one processing device, the raw scan data to determine that a tag applies to an asset comprised in the plurality of assets; and
assigning, by the at least one processing device, the tag to the asset in at least one memory of the computing apparatus.