Assets

This topic describes the differences between assets in Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Security Center.

Tenable Vulnerability Management

Tenable Vulnerability Management includes the ability to track assets that belong to your organization. Assets are entities of value on a network that can be exploited.

Tenable Vulnerability Management automatically creates or updates assets when a scan completes or scan results are imported. Tenable Vulnerability Management attempts to match incoming scan data to existing assets using a complex algorithm. This algorithm looks at attributes of the scanned hosts and employs a variety of heuristics to choose the best possible match. If Tenable Vulnerability Management cannot find a match, the system assumes this is the first time Tenable Vulnerability Management has encountered the asset and creates a new record for it. Otherwise, if Tenable Vulnerability Management finds a matching asset, the system updates any properties that have changed since the last time Tenable Vulnerability Management encountered the asset.

Tenable Vulnerability Management categorizes assets in the following categories:

• Host Assets

• Cloud Assets

• Web Application Assets

• Domain Inventory Assets

For more information, see Assets in the Tenable Vulnerability Management User Guide.

Tenable Security Center

Tenable Security Center assets are lists of devices (for example, laptops, servers, tablets, or phones) within a Tenable Security Center organization. Assets can be shared with one or more users based on local security policy requirements.

You can add an asset to group devices that share common attributes (IP address ranges, hardware types, vulnerabilities, outdated software versions, operating systems, etc.). Then, you can use the asset during scan configuration to target the devices in the asset.

Tenable provides asset templates that you can customize for your environment. Tenable-provided asset templates are updated via the Tenable Security Center feed and visible depending on other configurations.

Tenable Security Center supports the following custom asset types:

• Static Assets

• DNS Name List Assets

• LDAP Query Assets

• Combination Assets

• Dynamic Assets

• Watchlist Assets

• Import Assets

For more information, see Assets in the Tenable Security Center User Guide.