Operational Technology Plugin General Settings

From the Forescout Console, go to Tools > Options > Operational Technology and select the General Settings tab.

OT Assets Last Seen Online Time Cut Off

The Operational Technology Plugin only retrieves data for devices that have been detected on the network recently, up to a configured number of days ago. This setting makes it possible to align the cut-off point for new data with the retention period configured in Forescout Platform eyeSight.

To set the Operational Technology Asset Date Validity cut-off point:

  1. In the Forescout Console, select Tools > Options > Operational Technology, and then select the General Settings tab
  2. In the OT Assets Last Seen Online Time Cut Off (in Days since the past since present moment) field, accept or change the default value of three days.
  3. Click Apply.

Command Center Polling Interval

This option is provided to prevent focal Appliance overload when the associated Command Center reports back with a large number of endpoints.

Set the interval at which the Operational Technology Plugin polls the Command Center for all associated endpoints.

The recommended polling interval is one minute per 10,000 endpoints. For example, for 100k endpoints, set the polling interval to 10 minutes. The default value is 5 minutes.

To set the polling interval:

  1. In the Forescout Console, select Tools > Options > Operational Technology,, and then select the General Settings tab.
  2. In the Command Center Polling Interval (mins) field, accept or change the default value of five minutes.
  3. Click Apply.