Edge discovery is part of edge cybersecurity, which protects the edge networks and devices that are decentralized from the data centers. If you don’t know what edge computing is, edge computing is basically a framework that minimizes latency. It allows devices in remote locations to process data at the edge of the network most of the time on the edge devices or a edge nodes, so called local servers. Whenever they need big data sets that needs to be processed with higher computing power in the central datacenter, those data sets are specifically packaged and transmitted separately, thereby minimizing latency.
Edge devices include all computers, mobile devices, clouds, and smart devices along with applications that are installed on those devices at the edge of the network. Biggest problem with edge network is increase in attack surfaces, creating more individual entry points for attackers to access. At the moment, most edge network devices don’t process data itself and sends it over to a centralized data center for processing, thus creating a distributed attack surface. Cybersecurity experts have to now think about protecting numerous end devices that are vastly different without limiting performance, so it’s important to know how to execute edge discovery.
Edge discovery is one of the services that gathers information about all devices that are connected within a network. It records information from connected devices like its current location of a device, its IP anchor location, current network traffic, and other factors to not only help with security but to identify the best services it can provide for that endpoint client for a particular session in time. Simply put, it will use numerous algorithms to determine the optimal application endpoint for a given client session.
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