Adding assets

You can add asset information in the following ways:

• Manually.

  You can add an asset using the KUMA web interface or the API.

• Import assets.

  You can import assets from Kaspersky Security Center, KICS for Networks, and MaxPatrol reports.

When assets are added, assets that already exist in KUMA can be merged with the assets being added.

Asset merging algorithm:

1. Checking uniqueness of Kaspersky Security Center or KICS for Networks assets.
   • The uniqueness of an asset imported from Kaspersky Security Center is determined by the Host ID parameter, which contains the Kaspersky Security Center Network Agent Network Agent identifier. If two assets' IDs differ, they are considered to be separate assets and are not merged.
   • The uniqueness of an asset imported from KICS for Networks is determined by the combination of the IP address, KICS for Networks server IP address, and KICS for Networks connector ID parameters. If any of the parameters of two assets differ they are considered to be separate assets and are not merged.

   If the compared assets match, the algorithm is performed further.

2. Make sure that the values in the IP, MAC, and FQDN fields match.

   If at least two of the specified fields match, the assets are combined, provided that the other fields are blank.

   Possible matches:

   • The FQDN and IP address of the assets match. The MAC field is blank.

     The check is performed against the entire array of IP address values. If the IP address of an asset is included in the FQDN, the values are considered to match.

   • The FQDN and MAC address of the assets match. The IP field is blank.

     The check is performed against the entire array of MAC address values. If at least one value of the array fully matches the FQDN, the values are considered to match.

   • The IP address and MAC address of the assets match. The FQDN field is blank.

     The check is performed against the entire array of IP- and MAC address values. If at least one value in the arrays is fully matched, the values are considered to match.

3. Make sure that the values of at least one of the IP, MAC, or FQDN fields match, provided that the other two fields are not filled in for one or both assets.

   Assets are merged if the values in the field match. For example, if the FQDN and IP address are specified for a KUMA asset, but only the IP address with the same value is specified for an imported asset, the fields match. In this case, the assets are merged.

   For each field, verification is performed separately and ends on the first match.

You can see examples of asset field comparison here.

Information about assets can be generated from various sources. If the added asset and the KUMA asset contain data received from the same source, this data is overwritten. For example, a Kaspersky Security Center asset receives a fully qualified domain name, software information, and host ID when imported into KUMA. When importing an asset from Kaspersky Security Center with an equivalent fully qualified domain name, all this data will be overwritten (if it has been defined for the added asset). All fields in which the data can be refreshed are listed in the Updatable data table.

Updatable data

The updated data is displayed in the asset details. You can view asset details in the KUMA web interface.

This data may be overwritten when new assets are added. If the data used to generate asset information is not updated from sources for more than 30 days, the asset is deleted. The next time you add an asset from the same sources, a new asset is created.

If the KUMA web interface is used to edit asset information that was received from Kaspersky Security Center or KICS for Networks, you can edit the following asset data:

• Name.
• Category.

If asset information was added manually, you can edit the following asset data when editing these assets in the KUMA web interface:

• Name.
• Name of the tenant that owns the asset.
• IP address.
• Fully qualified domain name.
• MAC address.
• Owner.
• Category.
• Operating system.
• Hardware info.

Asset data cannot be edited via the REST API. When importing from the REST API, the data is updated according to the rules for merging asset details provided above.