Special considerations when importing asset information from KICS for Networks

Importing assets

Assets are imported according to the asset import rules. Only assets with the Authorized and Unauthorized statuses are imported.

KICS for Networks assets are identified by a combination of the following parameters:

• IP address of the KICS for Networks instance with which the integration is configured.
• KICS for Networks connector ID is used to configure the integration.
• ID assigned to the asset (or "device") in the KICS for Networks instance.

Importing vulnerability information

When importing assets, KUMA also receives information about active vulnerabilities in KICS for Networks. If a vulnerability has been flagged as Remediated or Negligible in KICS for Networks, the information about this vulnerability is deleted from KUMA during the next import.

Information about asset vulnerabilities is displayed in the localization language of KICS for Networks in the Asset details window in the Vulnerabilities settings block.

In KICS for Networks, vulnerabilities are referred to as risks and are divided into several types. All types of risks are imported into KUMA.

Imported data storage period

If information about a previously imported asset is no longer received from KICS for Networks, the asset is deleted after 30 days.