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title: "Device Discovery and Inventory: Best Practices"
description: Discover, inventory, and manage assets in Acronis Cyber Platform to improve visibility, security, and operational efficiency.
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last_updated: 2026-10-27
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May 22, 2026

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# Device Discovery and Inventory: Best Practices

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Learn how to discover, inventory, and manage assets within**Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud)**for improved security and operational efficiency. This video covers continuous asset discovery, hardware and software inventory setup, and best practices for maintaining accurate visibility in dynamic environments.

📌**What you’ll learn**:

*   Importance of asset discovery and inventory for IT security and compliance
*   Challenges of constantly changing IT environments and risks of poor visibility
*   Best practices for continuous, automated asset management
*   Set up device discovery and enable hardware/software inventory features
*   Perform active and passive scans to find devices on your network
*   Use the Discovery Wizard for network and Active Directory searches
*   View and manage hardware inventory
*   Access software inventory
*   Summarize how asset inventory supports risk reduction, cost control, and rapid response

Gain complete control and confidence with automated asset discovery and inventory—empowering your organization to stay secure and compliant!

**🎯 Useful links:**

*   [Acronis RMM](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cloud/cyber-protect/rmm-solution/)

[Software Deployment and Inventory](https://www.acronis.com/en/resource-center/tag/software-deployment-and-inventory/)