Data Assets and Targets - Overview

Overview

The Data Assets and Targets page is where you can view and manage Assets and Targets.

Assets

• Locations, physical or cloud, that contain Targets.
• Examples
• • A SQL Server hosted on-premise at your business
  • A Dropbox account you maintain.
• Assets can contain single or multiple Targets

Targets

• Any data location(s) within an Asset that Sensitive Data Platform can scan for sensitive data.
• They can be in a “physical” box that can be scanned or a cloud Asset with data.

Examples of Assets and Targets

• An SQL server (Asset) with multiple SQL Databases hosted on it (Targets)
• A SharePoint Online instance (Asset) with multiple sites (Targets)
• A Workstation (Asset and single Target), or a Azure Data lake (Asset that can’t be scanned)

See the sections below for more information:

Access and View Data Assets and Targets

Procedure:

1. From the left menu, click Data Asset Inventory.
   
   
2. Click Data Assets and Targets.
   
   

On the Data Assets and Targets screen there are two tabs, Assets and Targets.

Assets

The Assets tab displays in a table with these column headings:

• Asset Name - Name of the asset
• Asset Type
• • Cloud Sources - Cloud sources such as: Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.
  • Collaboration - Collaboration tools such as: SharePoint and Bitbucket
  • Database - Databases such as: Oracle, Snowflake, SQL, etc.
  • Email - Email sources such as Exchange, Gmail, etc.
  • Files & Folders - For asset types such as a File servers or the files and folders on a workstation, laptop, desktop, etc.
  • Tag Group - Defines the asset as a Tag group
  • Websites - Defines the asset as a website
• Admin Department - Department that primarily manages the asset
• Asset Owner - Name of the person that primarily manages the asset
• Hosting Location - Name of the location where the asset is hosted. Example: Tampa data center
• Status - Status of the asset - Active or Inactive.
• SDV3 Risk - SDV3 risk of the asset. See Working with SDV3™.
• More options 3 vertical dots - The options here enable you to change the values of the settings above.
• • Manage Data Asset
  • View Asset Details
  • Delete Data Asset
    
    

The Asset information in the table is automatically populated by the Scan history.

Targets

The Targets tab displays two sections:

• List of Targets:
• • This column displays all available Targets.
  • If applicable, click the (>) icon next to a Target in the list to expand the parent Target and view the child Target(s).
• Table with these column headings:
• • Target - Your Agents and Targets are listed in alphabetical order.
  • • Icons:
    • • Legacy/Mac/Linux Agents are indicated by the icon shown at the far left, below.
      • Windows Agents (v13.0 and later) are indicated by the middle icon.
      • Targets are indicated by the right icon.
        
        
  • Status - Current status of the Agent:
  • • Offline
    • N/A (not applicable, shown for all Targets)
    • Scanning
  • Last Heartbeat - The last time the agent sent a signal indicating it was active/ready.
  • Policy - Name of the policy that applies to the Agent or Target.
  • Version - Version of the Agent
  • SDV3 Risk - The risk score of the Asset measured by its quantity (volume) and vulnerability. Only Targets assigned to a data asset with scan results since the assignment display a value; otherwise, N/A is displayed.
  • More options (3 vertical dots) - View Target Details, Assign a Policy to an Agent, Manage Agent Tags, Gather Data, or Manage Permissions.