Asset Auto-Creation

ESM automatically creates assets for components and, if applicable, for assets arriving from scan reports sent by vulnerability scanners via scanner SmartConnectors.

As a configuration option, you can also configure the creation of assets for devices reporting through SmartConnectors.

This section describes in detail how assets are automatically created from vulnerability scan reports and, if so configured, for devices reporting through SmartConnectors.

Topics include:

• Creating Assets from a Vulnerability Scan Report, including subtopics

• Creating Assets for SmartConnectors, including subtopics

• Creating Assets for Network Devices

• Asset Names

• Changing the Default Naming Scheme