Asset Types

The Assets page presents assets identified by scanners in Tenable Vulnerability Management or imported from other Tenable products. In the left navigation, these are broken down into two types: Managed Assets, which have been assessed for vulnerabilities in the past 90 days—and Unmanaged Assets, which have not. Choosing an asset type does not remove your current asset filters.

Refine Managed Assets with filters in drop-downs > such as By Type. Or, use Tenable Queries to apply additional filters.

Tenable Queries

To the right of the search bar, apply Tenable Queries as follows:

• External Assets (ASM) — Assets or domains discovered by Tenable Attack Surface Management, integrated with the steps described in Manage Integrations in the Tenable Attack Surface Management User Guide. This filter does not appear for Domain Inventory assets.

• Network Devices — Assets identified as a networking devices, including routers, switches, firewalls and SSL gateways. This filter does not appear for Domain Inventory, Cloud Resource, or Web Application assets.

For more information, see Tenable Queries.

Managed Assets

Managed assets are actively managed by Tenable Vulnerability Management and have been assessed for vulnerabilities in the past 90 days. For more information, see Discovery Scans vs. Assessment Scans.

The following table shows managed assets along with the filters > you can apply to them.

Asset Type	Description
By Type	Assets broken down by type, such as web applications or host assets.
Domain Inventory	Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) or IP addresses discovered by Tenable Attack Surface Management.
Hosts	Assets such as workstations, servers, virtual machines, or printers. Network-related assets are not included.
Web Applications	Assets identified as running web applications and assessed via Tenable Web App Scanning.
Other	Assets that do not fit into other categories.
By OS Category	Assets broken down by operating system.
Linux/Unix	Assets running Linux or Unix.
MacOS	Assets running Apple MacOS.
Windows	Assets running Microsoft Windows.
Other	Assets running another type of operating system.
None	Assets with no detected operating system.
By Asset Profile	Assets broken down by class and subclass according to business and device function. Assets can only be in one class.
Cloud	Assets such as virtual machines, containers, or compute instances hosted in cloud environments like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Compute and Application Server	Assets including physical and virtual machines which run enterprise applications, databases, and web services. These support functions such as data processing, content management, identity access, and cloud application orchestration.
Healthcare	Assets used for healthcare services, such as blood pressure monitors.
Internet of Things	Assets including connected devices, sensors, gateways, and smart systems used for surveillance, media, retail, and automation. These support functions such as real-time data collection, remote monitoring, and transaction processing.
Legacy Devices	Assets with operating systems that have reached end of life or end of support.
Network Infrastructure	Assets including physical and virtual network infrastructure devices that manage connectivity or security. These support functions such as routing, firewall protection, load balancing, identity services, network storage, and virtualization platforms.
Operational Technology	Assets including industrial control systems, real-time embedded devices, and operational technology (OT) management infrastructure. These support functions such as automation, process control, and secure communication between OT and IT networks.
Peripheral	Assets which support document processing and output, including printers, faxes, and plotters.
Personal Computing	Assets including virtual machines, laptops, desktops, mobile devices, and thin clients.
Telecomm	Assets including telecommunications equipment, VoIP devices, and video conferencing hardware. These support functions such as voice and data transmission and real-time communication services.
Unknown Device	Assets without a class that the system cannot classify.
Unclassified Asset	Assets without a class that the system has not yet attempted to classify.
VM or Workload	Assets including virtual machines and containerized workloads running on platforms like OpenShift. These support functions such as application deployment and orchestration in virtualized environments.

Unmanaged Assets

Unmanaged assets have been discovered by Tenable Vulnerability Management or Tenable Nessus, but not scanned for vulnerabilities in the past 90 days.

Asset Type	Description
Domain Inventory	Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) or IP addresses discovered by Tenable Attack Surface Management.
Hosts	Assets such as workstations, servers, virtual machines, or printers. Network-related assets are not included.
Web Applications	Assets identified as running web applications and assessed via Tenable Web App Scanning.
Other	Assets that do not fit into other categories.