uControlA list of assets tells you what you have. A topology tells you what happens when one fails.
Most inventories are flat. They record devices but not how they connect — so impact analysis, change planning and security investigations fall back on tribal knowledge and out-of-date diagrams.
uControl Insights discovers devices and ingests NetFlow/IPFIX to see real communication paths; uControl Core assembles them into a live topology of typed relationships you can traverse for impact and dependency.
Executive summary
Network & Topology Intelligence turns raw discovery and passive flow data into an interactive map of your estate and how it communicates. Insights provides the discovery and the flow; Core turns it into typed relationships and topology you can traverse.
The map is live — flow-derived edges age out automatically — so it reflects how the estate actually behaves, not how a diagram once described it.
The business challenge
Connectivity is the hardest thing to keep accurate:
- Network diagrams are outdated the moment they're drawn
- Dependencies live in people's heads
- Segmented and OT networks resist active scanning
- Nobody owns the whole picture
- Impact analysis is guesswork under pressure
So change breaks things it shouldn't, and incidents take longer to trace.
The uControl approach
uControl derives topology from evidence. Insights discovers devices and reads NetFlow/IPFIX to materialise real traffic paths — no active scan, no credentials; Core assembles typed relationships and an interactive topology you can traverse hops from any asset.
How it works
Passive flow discovery Insights
Insights ingests NetFlow/IPFIX to materialise assets and their real communication paths without touching the device — ideal for OT and segmented networks.
Relationship modelling Core
Core detects and types the relationships across hardware, software and network — no scripting required.
Live topology map Insights
An interactive graph with flow-derived traffic edges that age out automatically, so the map stays true to current behaviour.
Impact & dependency analysis Core
Traverse from any asset to see what depends on it, and what it depends on — before you change or during an incident.
Blind-spot detection Core
Core flags traffic to hosts that were never scanned, surfacing shadow-IP and coverage gaps.
Reference architecture
Your enterprise Discovery populates your CMDB, while uControl Insights discovers independently. uControl Core takes feeds from your Discovery, your CMDB and Insights to do the analysis.
Customer journey
- Discover Insights discovers devices and begins reading network flow.
- Materialise Passive flow surfaces assets and their real communication paths.
- Model Core assembles typed relationships and a live topology.
- Analyse Traverse impact and dependencies from any asset.
- Maintain Flow-derived edges age out so the map stays current.
Key capabilities
Business benefits
Illustrative scenario
A team could not risk active scanning across sensitive production networks, and had no reliable dependency map.
uControl Insights read network flow to materialise the OT assets and their communication paths passively, and Core assembled a live topology — revealing cross-segment dependencies and shadow-IP hosts that active scanning had never safely reached.
Frequently asked questions
Do you need to actively scan sensitive networks?
No — passive NetFlow/IPFIX analysis materialises assets and paths with no active scan and no credentials, which is ideal for OT and segmented networks.
How does the map stay accurate?
Flow-derived traffic edges age out automatically, so the topology reflects current behaviour rather than a one-off snapshot.
Can I see what a change will impact?
Yes — Core lets you traverse upstream and downstream dependencies from any asset before you make a change.