Add new asset type

You need to create a custom asset type if you want to assess the assets that do not belong to the predefined asset types.

You can create a custom asset type based on the primary entities of the predefined platforms that are not supported as predefined asset types. You can also create a new platform and a new entity, and create a custom asset type based on the new entity.

See Creating a new asset type.

Extend existing asset type

You need to extend the existing asset types if you want to add mandatory or optional fields to the existing asset types. You can also add external fields to the asset types. The data for the external fields is not imported from the entity schema.

See Extending an existing asset type.

Create new entity schema

You need to create a new entity schema if you want to assess the assets that do not belong to the predefined platforms. You need to create an asset type that is based on the newly created entity schema to import the asset data.

See Creating a new entity schema.

Extend existing entity schema

You can only extend the custom entity schema. You cannot extend the entity schema for the predefined platforms.

You need to extend the custom entity schema, if you want to add more fields to the custom entity that you created.

See Extending an existing entity schema.

Create new target type

You can create a custom target type only for the custom asset types. You need to create a target type for the custom asset types to perform the evaluation with a set of checks.

See Creating a new target type.

Editing a target type

You can change the name of the target type and the filter for the target type when you edit a custom target type.

See Editing a target type.