Security operations
Review coverage in the relevant device population and investigate the gaps with the highest operational importance.
Control Coverage Visibility
See where security control coverage needs attention.
Connect asset inventory with evidence from your security tools. Find potential EDR coverage gaps, understand what the sources show, and give your team a clear place to start.
From visibility to investigation
A control record is the start of the investigation.
Security control coverage describes whether the controls expected for a group of assets are observed in the available source data. GreyAware connects that view to the devices and integrations behind it, so a coverage percentage leads to a useful investigation.
Define the population
Focus on the devices and control scope you intend to assess. Compare coverage across business units, operating systems, and other available inventory attributes.
Find records that need review
Identify devices without a matching record in the selected control source. Keep applicability and incomplete device information in view.
Check the evidence
Review the source and its freshness before deciding whether you have a deployment gap, a stale observation, or a record-matching issue.
An investigation in practice
Investigate a potential EDR coverage gap.
A Finance laptop appears in asset inventory, but no matching endpoint detection and response record has been observed. Start with the device and the evidence before assigning a remediation task.
Illustrative workflow and sample data.
DEVICE / FINANCEIllustrative example
FIN-LT-042
- Asset inventory
- Device record found
- Expected control
- Endpoint detection & response
- Observed control
- Matching record not found
- Next check
- Identifiers and source freshness
A missing source record does not, by itself, prove that the device is unprotected.
Review the device
Compare its inventory identifiers and records from the connected tools.
Validate the gap
Check the last observation and confirm whether the expected control applies to this device.
Coordinate follow-up
Give the endpoint team the evidence to verify deployment and follow its approved change process.
Evidence for the next decision
Make coverage findings useful across teams.
Security teams need a focused view of potential gaps. IT operations needs the device context to investigate them. A shared evidence trail helps both teams agree on what to check next.
Explore the platformIT operations
Use asset and source records to distinguish deployment follow-up from inventory or integration data issues.
Control owners
Explain the scope and evidence behind a coverage finding. Treat coverage as one input to assurance, alongside configuration review and control testing.
Plan your evaluation
Questions to bring to the conversation.
Start with your tools, the evidence you need, and the decisions your team makes.
Read our privacy policyHow does GreyAware identify potential EDR coverage gaps?
GreyAware compares devices in a defined control scope with records from the selected integration. Devices without a matching source record become candidates for investigation. The result depends on the scope, available identifiers, and source data.
Does observed coverage mean a control is effective?
Observed coverage shows that supporting source evidence exists. It does not by itself establish that a control is configured correctly, is operating as intended, or will prevent a threat. Review the relevant configuration and health evidence separately.
How current is the coverage information?
Coverage reflects the available integration data and evaluation. Freshness depends on the source and collection schedule. Review the latest source observation when investigating a gap; the demo can cover the data cadence for your tools.
Which tools and environments can we evaluate?
The available coverage depends on the integrations, device information, and control scope configured for your environment. Bring your priority tools and device populations to a demo so we can confirm the relevant support and evidence.
How is coverage different from drift detection?
Coverage asks whether an expected control is observed for the assets in scope. Drift detection asks what differs from an expected baseline or an earlier observation. Together they help you investigate both missing records and changed settings.
See GreyAware in context
Bring your coverage questions to the demo.
Choose a control, a device population, and the tools you use today. We’ll walk through how to scope the comparison and investigate the available evidence.