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title: "Asset Profiles and Discovery Sources"
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The following table outlines asset profiles and their respective discovery sources. 

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Asset Profile** | **Discovery Sources** |
| ###### **See the following table for details** | ###### **Passive Discovery (DHCP logs NIOS and NIOS-X)** | ###### **NIOS Grid Connector** | ###### **Infoblox Endpoint** | ###### **NIOS-X Discovery**  
**(SNMP, CLI, **  
**NMAP)** | ###### **Cloud (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, CloudFlare, Akamai)** | ###### **Third party **  
**(CrowdStrik, ServiceNow)** | ###### **Third party **  
**(SDWAN Controllers like Meraki)** | ###### **Microsoft Active Directory** |
| ###### Networking - Onprem | <span style="color: #4c9aff">**</span> | <span style="color: #4c9aff">**</span>   
<span style="color: #36b37e">***</span> |  | <span style="color: #4c9aff">***</span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">***</span> |  |  | <span style="color: #4c9aff">**</span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">**</span> |  |
| ###### Networking - Cloud |  |  |  |  | <span style="color: #4c9aff">***</span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">***</span> |  |  |  |
| ###### IT - Onprem | <span style="color: #4c9aff">***</span>   
<span style="color: #36b37e">***</span> | <span style="color: #4c9aff">***</span>   
<span style="color: #36b37e">**</span> | <span style="color: #4c9aff">*** </span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">***</span> | <span style="color: #4c9aff">***</span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">***</span> |  | <span style="color: #4c9aff">**</span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">****</span> | <span style="color: #4c9aff">**</span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">**</span> | <span style="color: #4c9aff">*</span> |
| ###### IT - Cloud |  |  |  |  | <span style="color: #4c9aff">***</span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">***</span> | <span style="color: #4c9aff">*</span> |  |  |
| ###### IOT (different categories of IOT)   
yet to be defined |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ###### DNS Elements |  |  |  |  | <span style="color: #4c9aff">***</span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">***</span> |  |  |  |
| ###### Identity |  |  | <span style="color: #4c9aff">**</span>  
<span style="color: #36b37e">*</span> |  |  |  | <span style="color: #4c9aff">*</span> | **  
<span style="color: #36b37e">***</span> |

<span style="color: #0747a6">Blue</span> markers: Indicates whether the source can discover this asset type. A higher number of markers represents a greater discovery rate.

<span style="color: #006644">Green</span> markers: Indicate how often the discovery source accurately identifies devices and their attributes in the asset profile. A higher number of markers represents a higher confidence in accuracy.

## Asset Profiles and Asset Types

The following table lists the supported asset profiles and their respective asset types.

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Asset Profile** | **Asset Types** |
| Networking - Onprem | Subnets , Switches, Routers, Hub, Load Balancers,   
Firewalls, Wi-Fi Access Point, Gateway,   
Mobility Controller |
| Networking - Cloud | Load Balancers, VPCs, Subnets, Gateway, Firewall |
| IT - Onprem | Workstation, Desktop, Laptop, Phone, Container, Servers |
| IT - Cloud | Compute, Cloud Storage Buckets, Storage Volumes,   
File Storage, Archives |
| IOT ( differnet categories of IOT)  
 yet to be defined | Printer, Camera, Game consoles,  
 Smart devices |
| DNS Elements | DNS Record, DNS Zone |
| Identity | Users, Groups |