Assets are network devices, installed throughout your enterprise, that you monitor for vulnerability or attack. Once asset information is stored, ESM tracks your assets and notifies you if they are exposed to a threat or vulnerability, or if they are attacked.
Within the Navigator panel's Assets resource tree there are a number of views of associated information. The Assets, Networks, Zones, Locations, Categories, and Vulnerabilities tabs each show different aspects of the devices in question.
When, how, and why you might need to modify the resources in the Assets tabs is described in Managing Assets and Associated Resources, and particularly in Changing Assets.
The Console shows assets, vulnerabilities, asset categories, scanner reports, and cases in active channels rather than static grid views. Leverage the power of channels for asset management, including use of filters, field sets, better sorting capabilities, and dynamic display of an unlimited number of items that is continually updated.
What the Assets tabs contain is described below.