Entities and Assets Structure Tree Fields

Applies to Product: USM Appliance™ LevelBlue OSSIM®

Use the Entities and Assets Structure tree to create, modify, and delete correlation contexts and entities.

Access the Entities and Assets Structure tree from Configuration > Administration > Users > Structure.

Structure page for Users from Administration.

The upper part of the page includes the fields shown in the Entities and Assets Structure Tree Fields table.

Entities and Assets Structure Tree Fields
Field Purpose
New Entity Lets you create a new entity.
New Correlation Context Lets you create a new correlation context.
Show Users Toggles the display of users in the entities and asset structure.
Show LevelBlue Components Toggles the display of LevelBlue components in the entities and asset structure.

On the lower part of the page, there are two columns.

The left column contains an asset structure tree that displays the following:

  • Assets
  • Asset groups
  • Networks

You organize assets into entities and correlation contexts.

By default, USM Appliance displays one correlation context named My Company that contains all assets and networks. There are no default entities.

The right column of the page displays the inventory of all assets, organized by properties. Some examples consist of operating system, role, and department.

Viewing User Hierarchy

USM Appliance offers administrators the ability to review the organization of users within entities and correlation contexts.

To see how users are organized

From the USM Appliance web interface, go to Configuration > Administration > Users > User Information and select Multilevel Tree, on the far right-side of the page.

USM Multilevel Tree displaying user heirarchy.