Allstream managed services work by characterizing devices such as gateways, routers, and other types of equipment either by machine type or by operating system. They help provide customers’ machines with names and monitor private networks and the organization’s intranet. The company provides customers with a summary report of the security level of their network devices, information about the scan, host information, general network information, and a list of detected vulnerabilities that provide a global view of the security level of all networks and IP addresses.