Activating Assets

Learn more about activating assets from CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM).

Asset Activation Overview

The unmanaged assets from your environment can be brought into the CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM) inventory using various sources such as EASM, CAPS, PS, Third-Party, and so on. To convert these assets into managed assets, you must activate assets for the required applications or modules.

You can activate the assets for applications within your subscription, such as Vulnerability Management (VM), Policy Compliance (PC), and Certificate View (CERT). When you activate the selected assets for the required applications, the license for those applications is used.

Important to Know!

- You cannot activate agent or IPv6 assets.

- You can simultaneously activate the asset for an individual or all three modules. If you activate the asset for all modules, the Activate option is turned off for you.

- The “Activate Asset” support for the said modules is available only for the selected asset tracking methods. For more information, see Asset Tracking Methods.

Asset Tracking Methods

Refer to the following table to understand more about modules and asset tracking method details for the “Activate Asset” support.

Asset Source	Asset Tracking Method (Before Activation)	Asset Tracking Method (After Activation)
EASM	EASM	IP, NETBIOS, or DNS Note: The default asset tracking method is IP.
Third-Party (ServiceNow, Webhook, or Active Directory)	SERVICE_NOW, WEBHOOK, or ACTIVE_DIRECTORY	IP, NETBIOS, or DNS Note: The default asset tracking method is IP.
PS	PASSIVE_SENSOR, PASSIVE_SCANNER	IP, NETBIOS, DNS
IP, NETBIOS, DNS	IP, NETBIOS, DNS	IP, NETBIOS, DNS
Cloud Assets (AWS, Azure, and GCP)	AWS, Azure, and GCP	AWS, Azure, and GCP

Activating an Individual Asset

1. Go to Inventory > Assets tab and click Activate from an unmanaged asset’s “Quick Actions” menu to activate the asset for VM, PC, or CERT modules.

Activate Asset Option.

2. Complete the following steps to activate the asset for the required modules:

i. Turn on the toggles next to the modules to activate the asset for those modules. The rest of the selection options are shown then.

ii. Choose the tracking method, network, and asset group to which you want to assign the asset. Note that this step is not applicable when you activate cloud assets.

iii. Click the Add Tags checkbox to add a tag to the asset. The Include tags for selected hosts section is shown. Click the Add icon and add the required tags.

iv. Click Activate.

Once you activate the asset for the required modules, the IP address of that asset is added for the respective module scan. The modules are shown under the Modules column of the asset inventory.

Activate asset popup.

Activating Multiple Assets

1. Go to Inventory > Assets tab.

2. You can activate multiple assets at a time. The maximum number of assets you can activate at a time is 1000. To activate multiple assets you want, select the check box next to the Actions list, and from the Actions list, select Activate Assets.

Activate multiple assets.

3. Complete the following steps to activate the assets for the required modules:

i. Turn on the toggles next to the modules to activate the asset for those modules. The rest of the selection options are shown then.

ii. Choose the tracking method, network, and asset group to which you want to assign the asset. Note that this step is not applicable when you activate cloud assets.

iii. Click Activate.

Once you activate the asset for the required modules, the IP address of that asset is added for the respective module scan. The modules are shown under the Modules column of the asset inventory.

Activate multiple assets for required applications.

What Happens Next!

In the case of single or multiple asset activation, you can see the respective module names under the Modules column after the asset activation is completed.