Asset classes

The asset inventory organizes your organization's resources into a hierarchy:

  1. Class: The highest-level grouping based on general purpose or domain, such as compute, network, or data.
  2. Category: A detailed grouping within a class based on normalized function, such as virtual machine, container, or bucket).
  3. Type: The most specific, provider-level implementation, such as AWS EC2 instance or GCP Compute Engine instance.

The following asset classes are available in the inventory:

Asset class Description License
AI Provides a detailed view of AI-related assets, their attributes, and associated risks. <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Notice</p><p>This feature is included with a Cortex XSIAM Premium license or the Cloud Posture Security or Cloud Runtime Security add-on.</p></div>
API Provides a comprehensive view of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) across your cloud platforms. <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Notice</p><p>This feature is included with a Cortex XSIAM Premium license or the Cloud Runtime Security add-on.</p></div>
Application Provides a high-level summary and detailed insights into the business applications within your environment. <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Notice</p><p>This feature is included with a Cortex XSIAM Premium license or the Cloud Posture Security or Cloud Runtime Security add-on.</p></div>
Code Provides an overview of code assets, including all code repositories, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) resources, CI/CD pipelines, and software packages. <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Notice</p><p>This feature is included with the AppSec add-on.</p></div>
Compute Provides a detailed overview of compute resources, including CaaS resources, virtual machines, containers, serverless functions, Kubernetes clusters, and general devices.  
Data Provides an overview of data assets and their associated risks, highlighting sensitive assets and assets marked as open to the world. <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Notice</p><p>This feature is included with a Cortex XSIAM Premium license or the Cloud Posture Security or Cloud Runtime Security add-on.</p></div>
Device Overview of physical or virtual devices with a Cortex XDR agent installed. <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Notice</p><p>This feature is included with a Cortex XSIAM Enterprise or Premium license or the Cortex XDR agent add-on.</p></div>
External Surface Provides an overview of external-facing assets, including services versus websites, domains versus certificates, and their distribution across providers. <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Notice</p><p>This feature is included with the Attack Surface Management (ASM) add-on.</p></div>
Identity Provides an overview of identity-related assets, giving visibility into both user and service-based identities and their associated permissions. <div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Notice</p><p>This feature is included with a Cortex XSIAM Premium license or the Cloud Posture Security or Cloud Runtime Security add-on or the Identity Threat Module (ITDR) add-on.</p></div>
Network Provides an overview of network-related assets, including Load Balancers, Network Interfaces, Security Groups, and Subnets.  
Security Services A complete overview of the security services being actively managed within your environment.  
All Other Assets All assets that are uncategorized.