Why Intelligent Asset Classification Matters
Organizations accumulate thousands of assets across cloud, applications, employees, APIs, certificates, DNS, and infrastructure. Without automated classification:Assets remain untagged or miscategorized
Ownership becomes unclear across teams
Risk states (exposed, internal, shadowed) get missed
Environments (prod/dev/stage) are inconsistent
How Snapsec Classifies Assets Automatically
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Define Policy Rules
Teams can write YAML-based rules matching fields such as DNS records, IP ranges, vulnerability counts, sources, asset types, or metadata patterns.
2
Match Assets to Conditions
AIM evaluates each asset against rule criteria — environment, exposure, ownership, tags, technologies, and more.
3
Apply Labels, Tags & Enrichment
Rules automatically assign environment (prod/dev/stage), risk status, custom tags, business units, and service types.
4
Continuously Re-Evaluate Assets
As assets change, AIM automatically reclassifies them to maintain accurate, real-time organization.
What Problems This Solves
No More Manual Tagging
Replace error-prone manual tagging with policy-driven automation.
Consistent Governance
Enforce naming standards, environment grouping, and organizational structure automatically.
Smarter Prioritization
Risk-aware classification helps security and VM teams prioritize the right assets instantly.
Key Benefits for Your Security Team
Environment Auto-Detection
Automatically identify production, development, staging, and test assets.
Ownership Classification
Assign teams, departments, or individuals based on metadata, naming, or patterns.
Risk-Based Labeling
Mark assets as exposed, shadowed, internal, or safe using classification logic.
Consistent Asset Taxonomy
AIM ensures every asset follows the same structural format across the organization.
Example Classification Scenarios
Automatically tagging IPs in RFC1918 ranges as “Internal.”
Marking all subdomains fetched from crt.sh as “Shadowed” unless owned explicitly.
Categorizing APIs with more than 300 endpoints as “High-Impact Services.”
Tagging certificate assets nearing expiry with “Critical-Attention.”
Assigning owners to assets based on domain patterns or workspace attributes.
What Happens After Classification
1
Apply Tags & Labels
AIM updates asset metadata instantly with new tags, risk levels, or environment classifications.
2
Trigger Policy Actions
Classified assets can be routed to VM, ASM, or ticketing flows automatically.
3
Improve Visibility Across Teams
Consistent classification enables faster filtering, grouping, and governance across AIM, ASM, and VM.
4
Refine Over Time
Rules evolve with your infrastructure — AIM updates continuously as new requirements emerge.
Next Steps
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See how Snapsec AIM brings structure, intelligence, and automation to your entire asset inventory.