Abstract: A method comprises receiving network data from a network traffic monitoring platform of an enterprise network, the network data identifying communication between entities, analyzing the network data to identify applications, and comparing at least a first quality based on the communication between at least two of the plurality of entities to a first threshold to identify at least one application, receiving a request to suspend the application discovery process and creating a bookmark of the last network data received from the network traffic monitoring platform, the request to suspend the application discovery process being sent when one of a plurality of suspension trigger conditions is satisfied, receiving a request to reinitiate the application discovery process and receiving the network data from the network traffic monitoring platform at the bookmark, and creating a discovered application entry from the at least one identified application of the enterprise network.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving network data from a network traffic monitoring platform of an enterprise network, the network data identifying communication between entities, analyzing the network data to identify applications, and comparing at least a first quality based on the communication between at least two of the plurality of entities to a first threshold to identify at least one application, receiving a request to suspend the application discovery process and creating a bookmark of the last network data received from the network traffic monitoring platform, the request to suspend the application discovery process being sent when one of a plurality of suspension trigger conditions is satisfied, receiving a request to reinitiate the application discovery process and receiving the network data from the network traffic monitoring platform at the bookmark, and creating a discovered application entry from the at least one identified application of the enterprise network.