System asset repository management
First Claim
1. At least one non-transitory, machine-accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
- identify a plurality of system entities described in an asset repository, the asset repository defining a particular hierarchical organization of the plurality of system entities within a computing environment;
receive data describing one or more attributes of a particular system entity in the plurality of system entities identified by a first pluggable discovery sensor in a set of discovery sensors of a pluggable asset detection engine;
tag a particular record of the asset repository corresponding to the particular system entity in the plurality of system entities with a particular tag based on the one or more attribute, wherein the particular tag associates the particular system entity with a particular one of a plurality of logical groupings defined for system entities in the plurality of system entities; and
associate the particular system entity with a particular security policy based on the particular system entity being tagged with the particular tag, wherein the particular security policy is applied to system entities in the asset repository tagged with one or more tags in a particular set of tags including the particular tag and the particular security policy is to apply to each system entity in the particular logical grouping.
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Abstract
A plurality of system entities described in an asset repository are identified, the asset repository defining a particular hierarchical organization of the plurality of system entities within a computing environment. A particular system entity in the plurality of system entities is tagged with a particular tag. The particular system entity is associated with a particular security policy based on the particular system entity being tagged with the particular tag. The particular security policy is applied to system entities in the asset repository tagged with one or more tags in a particular set of tags including the particular tag.
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24 Claims
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1. At least one non-transitory, machine-accessible storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:
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identify a plurality of system entities described in an asset repository, the asset repository defining a particular hierarchical organization of the plurality of system entities within a computing environment; receive data describing one or more attributes of a particular system entity in the plurality of system entities identified by a first pluggable discovery sensor in a set of discovery sensors of a pluggable asset detection engine; tag a particular record of the asset repository corresponding to the particular system entity in the plurality of system entities with a particular tag based on the one or more attribute, wherein the particular tag associates the particular system entity with a particular one of a plurality of logical groupings defined for system entities in the plurality of system entities; and associate the particular system entity with a particular security policy based on the particular system entity being tagged with the particular tag, wherein the particular security policy is applied to system entities in the asset repository tagged with one or more tags in a particular set of tags including the particular tag and the particular security policy is to apply to each system entity in the particular logical grouping. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of system entities described in an asset repository, the asset repository defining a particular hierarchical organization of the plurality of system entities within a computing environment; tagging a particular record of the asset repository corresponding to the particular system entity in the plurality of system entities with a particular tag based on the one or more attribute, wherein the particular tag associates the particular system entity with a particular one of a plurality of logical groupings defined for system entities in the plurality of system entities; and associating the particular system entity with a particular security policy based on the particular system entity being tagged with the particular tag, wherein the particular security policy is applied to system entities in the asset repository tagged with one or more tags in a particular set of tags including the particular tag and the particular security policy is to apply to each system entity in the particular logical grouping.
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21. A system comprising:
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at least one processor device; at least one memory element; and an asset management system, adapted when executed by the at least one processor device to; identify a plurality of system entities described in an asset repository, the asset repository defining a particular hierarchical organization of the plurality of system entities within a computing environment; receive data describing one or more attributes of a particular system entity in the plurality of system entities identified by a first pluggable discovery sensor in a set of discovery sensors of a pluggable asset detection engine; tag a particular record of the asset repository corresponding to the particular system entity in the plurality of system entities with a particular tag based on the one or more attribute, wherein the particular tag associates the particular system entity with a particular one of a plurality of logical groupings defined for system entities in the plurality of system entities; and associate the particular system entity with a particular security policy based on the particular system entity being tagged with the particular tag, wherein the particular security policy is applied to system entities in the asset repository tagged with one or more tags in a particular set of tags including the particular tag and the particular security policy is to apply to each system entity in the particular logical grouping. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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