Asset discovery engine with deep vulnerabilities scanner

A method, comprising:

• at a device with one or more processors and a memory:
• receiving a request to perform an asset vulnerability assessment of one or more assets within a network, the request comprising:
• an asset descriptor describing the one or more assets;
• and
• in response to the request:
• obtaining, based on the asset descriptor, aggregated asset property data associated with the one or more assets;
• performing the asset vulnerability assessment based on the aggregated asset property data and asset vulnerability signature data stored in an asset vulnerability signature repository;
• and
• in response to determining that the asset vulnerability assessment satisfies a defined criterion, performing one or more actions associated with the network.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a device, the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:

• receive a request to perform an asset vulnerability assessment of one or more assets within a network, the request comprising:
• an asset descriptor describing the one or more assets;
• and
• in response to the request:
• obtain, based on the asset descriptor, aggregated asset property data associated with the one or more assets;
• perform the asset vulnerability assessment based on the aggregated asset property data and asset vulnerability signature data stored in an asset vulnerability signature repository;
• and
• in response to determining that the asset vulnerability assessment satisfies a defined criterion, perform one or more actions associated with the network.