Assets

The Assets tab on the Inventory page allows you to view and manage all of your assets. You can quickly see which assets are new or updated, which class the asset belongs to, and other useful asset information.

To access the Assets tab:

1. Access the Inventory page.

   The Assets tab appears by default.

   

Score / Score (Beta) Toggle

In the upper-right corner of the Assets tab, you can toggle between Score or Score (Beta) to compare the differences in your scoring using old and new Tenable data models.

When switching between data models, you can expect to see changes in your scores as well as some of the items available on the Assets and Asset Details pages.

On the Assets tab, you can:

• View the Total Number of Assets within your container.

• View the total number of New Assets discovered within the last 7 days.

• View the total number of Updated Assets within your container in the last 7 days.

• Use the search box above the asset list to search for a specific asset in the list. For more information, see Global Asset Search.

• Filter the asset list:

  

  1. Click the button.

     The Add filter button appears.

  2. Click Add filter .

     A menu appears.

  3. Do one of the following:

     • To search the asset list by tag, click Tags.

     • To search the asset list by asset property, click Properties.

     Tip: See Asset Filters for additional information on available filter types.

  4. In the search box, type the criteria by which you want to search the asset list.

     Tenable Exposure Management populates a list of options based on your criteria.

  5. Click the tag or property by which you want to filter the asset list.

     A menu appears.

  6. Select how to apply the filter. For example, if you want to search for an asset whose name is Asset14, then select the contains radio button and in the text box, type Asset14.

  7. Click Add filter .

     The filter appears above the asset list.

  8. Repeat these steps for each additional filter you want to apply.

  9. Click Apply filters.

     Tenable Exposure Management filters the asset list by the designated criteria.

• Export the table:

  1. Click the button.

     The Export table plane appears.

     

  2. In the Columns to export section, select the check box for each column you want to include in the export file.

  3. (Optional) To include columns not currently in the table view, click Add more columns.

     The Add columns to export plane appears.

     1. Select the check box for each additional column you want to include in the export file.

  4. In the rows section, ensure the Current Page radio button is selected.

     Tip: Currently, you can only export the rows listed on the current page.

  5. Click Export .

     Tenable Exposure Management downloads the export file to your computer. Depending on your browser settings, your browser may notify you that the download is complete.

• Customize the columns in the table:

  1. Click the button.

     The Customize columns window appears.

  2. (Optional) In the Reorder added columns section, click and drag any column name to reorder the columns.

  3. (Optional) In the Show/Hide section, select/delesect the check boxes to show or hide columns in the table.

  4. (Optional) In the Remove section, click the button to permanently remove a column from the table.

  5. (Optional) To add columns to the table, click Add Columns.

     The Add columns to table window appears.

     1. (Optional) Use the search bar to search for a column property.

        The list of column properties updates based on your search query.

     2. Select the check box next to any column or columns you want to add to the table.

     3. Click Add.

        The column appears in the Customize columns window.

  6. (Optional) Click Reset to Defaults to reset all columns to their defaults.

  7. Click Apply Columns.

     Tenable Exposure Management saves your changes to the columns in the table.

• To the right of the asset list, in the Filters section, use quick filters to sort the asset list by:

  • Asset classes — Filter the asset list by the selected asset class.

  • Sources — Filter the asset list by the selected data source.

• View a list of your assets, including the following information:

  • Name — The asset identifier. Tenable Exposure Management assigns this identifier based on the presence of certain asset attributes in the following order:

    1. Agent Name (if agent-scanned)

    2. NetBIOS Name

    3. FQDN

    4. IPv6 address

    5. IPv4 address

    For example, if scans identify a NetBIOS name and an IPv4 address for an asset, the NetBIOS name appears as the Asset Name.

  • Sources — The data source from which the asset originates.

  • Class — The class type associated with the asset.

  • AES — The Asset Exposure Score for the asset. The AES represents the asset's relative exposure as an integer between 0 and 1000. A higher AES indicates higher exposure.

    Note: Tenable Exposure Management does not calculate an AES for unlicensed assets.

  • Weaknesses — The weaknesses associated with the asset.

    Tip: Click on a weakness count to navigate directly to the Weaknesses tab.

  • Top Attack Techniques — Instances of attack techniques associated with this asset that are used in attack paths leading to critical assets. For more information, see Top Attack Techniques.

    Tip: Click on a count to navigate directly to the Top Attack Techniques page filtered automatically by attack path techniques related to the asset.

  • Top Attack Paths — Attack paths related to the asset that also lead to critical assets. For more information, see Top Attack Paths.

    Tip: You can sort by this column to view which assets lead to the greatest number of attack paths.
    Tip: Click on an attack path count to navigate directly to the Top Attack Paths page, where the Top Attack Paths table is automatically filtered by attack paths that feature the asset.

  • Associated tags — The number of tags applied to the asset. For more information on tagging an asset, see Tag Assets via the Assets Page.

  • Last updated — The date and time at which the asset was last updated.

  • Click See details to view more details about an asset. For more information, see Asset Details.