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><strong>Notice</strong></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><strong>Notice</strong></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><strong>Notice</strong></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><strong>Notice</strong></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><strong>Notice</strong></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><strong>Notice</strong></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><strong>Notice</strong></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><strong>Notice</strong></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. | |

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