Systems and methods for operational monitoring of industrial automation device

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a server, a driver associated with a target device communicatively coupled to an operational technology (OT) network wherein the driver enables an endpoint management agent running on the processing circuitry to perform operational monitoring of the target device;
• executing the driver;
• receiving, from the server, a command to perform the operational monitoring of the target device via the driver;
• performing, via the driver, the operational monitoring of the target device in accordance with the command;
• and
• transmitting, to the server, data collected during the operational monitoring of the target device.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at an asset manager application, an indication that a target device is communicatively coupled to an operational technology (OT) network;
• identifying, via the asset manager application, a driver based on the target device, wherein the driver enables an endpoint management agent running on a host device communicatively coupled to the OT network to perform operational monitoring of the target device;
• transmitting, from the asset manager application to the endpoint management agent, the driver to the endpoint management agent running on the host device;
• transmitting, from the asset manager application to the endpoint management agent, a command to perform the operational monitoring of the target device via the driver;
• performing, by the endpoint management agent, via the driver, the operational monitoring of the target device;
• and
• transmitting, from the endpoint management agent to the asset manager application, data collected during the operational monitoring of the target device.