> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.snapsec.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Intelligent Asset Classification

> Classify assets by environment, service type, ownership, and risk using policy-driven rules.

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  Manual tagging doesn’t scale. Policy-driven classification ensures every asset is labeled correctly — automatically and consistently.
</Tip>

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## Why Intelligent Asset Classification Matters

Organizations accumulate thousands of assets across cloud, applications, employees, APIs, certificates, DNS, and infrastructure.

Without automated classification:

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  Assets remain untagged or miscategorized
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  Ownership becomes unclear across teams
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  Risk states (exposed, internal, shadowed) get missed
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  Environments (prod/dev/stage) are inconsistent
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Manual sorting breaks quickly. Snapsec AIM fixes this with **rule-based, intelligent classification** that keeps your entire inventory structured.

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## How Snapsec Classifies Assets Automatically

<Steps>
  <Step title="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.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Match Assets to Conditions">
    AIM evaluates each asset against rule criteria — environment, exposure, ownership, tags, technologies, and more.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Apply Labels, Tags & Enrichment">
    Rules automatically assign environment (prod/dev/stage), risk status, custom tags, business units, and service types.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Continuously Re-Evaluate Assets">
    As assets change, AIM automatically reclassifies them to maintain accurate, real-time organization.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## What Problems This Solves

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  <Card title="No More Manual Tagging" icon="tags">
    Replace error-prone manual tagging with policy-driven automation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Consistent Governance" icon="scale-balanced">
    Enforce naming standards, environment grouping, and organizational structure automatically.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Smarter Prioritization" icon="signal">
    Risk-aware classification helps security and VM teams prioritize the right assets instantly.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Key Benefits for Your Security Team

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  <Card title="Environment Auto-Detection" icon="server">
    Automatically identify production, development, staging, and test assets.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Ownership Classification" icon="user-group">
    Assign teams, departments, or individuals based on metadata, naming, or patterns.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Risk-Based Labeling" icon="triangle-exclamation">
    Mark assets as exposed, shadowed, internal, or safe using classification logic.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Consistent Asset Taxonomy" icon="list">
    AIM ensures every asset follows the same structural format across the organization.
  </Card>
</Columns>

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## Example Classification Scenarios

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  Automatically tagging IPs in RFC1918 ranges as “Internal.”
</Danger>

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  Marking all subdomains fetched from crt.sh as “Shadowed” unless owned explicitly.
</Danger>

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  Categorizing APIs with more than 300 endpoints as “High-Impact Services.”
</Danger>

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  Tagging certificate assets nearing expiry with “Critical-Attention.”
</Danger>

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  Assigning owners to assets based on domain patterns or workspace attributes.
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## What Happens After Classification

<Steps>
  <Step title="Apply Tags & Labels">
    AIM updates asset metadata instantly with new tags, risk levels, or environment classifications.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Trigger Policy Actions">
    Classified assets can be routed to VM, ASM, or ticketing flows automatically.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Improve Visibility Across Teams">
    Consistent classification enables faster filtering, grouping, and governance across AIM, ASM, and VM.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Refine Over Time">
    Rules evolve with your infrastructure — AIM updates continuously as new requirements emerge.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## Next Steps

<Card title="Explore Full AIM Capabilities" icon="arrow-right">
  See how Snapsec AIM brings structure, intelligence, and automation to your entire asset inventory.
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