Get Started with Asset Tagging

The service automatically creates these tags:

Business Units. The service creates a Business Units tag and a sub-tag for each of the business units defined in your subscription. For the Unassigned business unit the tag name is "Global". For a custom business unit the tag name corresponds to the business unit title. For example, if your business units are called EU and US, you'll have a tag called Business Units, which will have sub-tags called Global, EU and US.

Asset Groups. The service creates an Asset Groups tag and a sub-tag for each of the asset groups defined in your subscription. For example, if you have asset groups called Unix and Windows, you'll have a tag called Asset Groups, which will sub-tags called Unix and Windows.

One way to create a dynamic tag is to edit an existing tag using the AssetView application and build a dynamic tagging rule. There are multiple rule engines and asset properties to choose from.

Another way to create a dynamic tag is to use the Asset Search. Asset search criteria can be saved as a dynamic tagging rule.

Go to Assets > Asset Search. Specify the host attributes to search for. For example, you can define a search for hosts with a particular tracking method, operating system, port number, service and/or detected vulnerability. When you've defined your attributes, click Create Tag, enter a name for your new tag and click OK. You can also create the tag from the search results. Click Create Tag at the top of the Asset Search Report window.

What Happens Next: The service creates the tag with a dynamic tagging rule based on your search criteria. Within the AssetView application, the new tag appears in your tag tree as a sub-tag below the "Asset Search Tags" parent tag. The new tag is automatically assigned to all scanned assets in your account that match your search criteria.

You can create static tags and directly assign them to assets in the AssetView application.