new asset / new asset	Creates a new asset. See “Edit one asset”.
new asset / new asset group	Creates a new asset group (a directory). See “Edit one asset”.
new asset / duplicate asset	A new asset is created, using as initial contents that of another asset. You have to edit the new asset and, at least, change the code that must be unique. See “Edit one asset”.
copy	Takes one or more assets to be duplicated later on.
cut	Extracts one or more assets from the tree, to be pasted later on.
paste	Pastes the assets that were cut into a new place in the tree.
edit	See “Edit one asset”.
merge assets	Select two or more assets and merges them by adding asset classes. You have to edit the new asset and, at least, change the code that must be unique. See “Edit one asset”.
description	Jumps directly to the long description for the selected asset.
security domain	Changes the selected assets into a security domain.
information sources	Assigns one or more information sources to the selected assets.
sort / [a..z] …	The selected assets are sorted alphabetically, by code.
sort / … [A..Z]	The selected assets are sorted alphabetically, by name.
sort / undo	Undoes the last sorting operation; that is, return to the original order.
asset / group / be group!	Changes the selected assets from plain assets into asset groups.
asset / group / don’t be group!	Changes the selected assets from asset groups into plain assets.
delete / delete children	Removes the children of the selected assets.
delete / delete asset	Removes the selected assets, and their children.

 

Previous versions included some asset qualifiers. These qualifiers are moved onto asset classes

independent	the asset does not inherit values from the essential assets in the domain
no_data	the asset does not store data (some threats are not applicable)
no_threats	You may mark an asset as threat-free, or subject to threats.
dead	the asset is out of service. You may stop / restart an asset. It only affects availability.
not_exists	You may enable / disable an asset. If it does not exist, it is ignored for the risk analysis.
invisible	You may hide an asset from presentation screens.
black	data in this asset is encrypted (some threats do not apply)
availability	tunes the impact on availability
evaluated	the product or services is evaluated or has a security accreditation
unsupported	the manufacturer no longer provides security patches

 

To insert a new asset

§  select one layer | one asset

§  menu assets / new asset / new asset

or

§  select one layer

§  right click / new asset

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / new asset / new asset

To insert a new group of assets

§  select one layer | one asset

§  menu assets / new asset / new asset group

or

§  select one layer

§  right click / new asset group

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / new asset / new asset group

To insert an asset that duplicates another one

§  select one asset

§  menu assets / new asset / duplicate asset

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / new asset / duplicate asset

To edit an asset

§  select one asset

§  menu assets / edit

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / edit

To add a long description to an asset

§  select one asset

§  menu assets / description

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / description

or while editing the asset

To place an asset into a security domain

§  select one asset

§  menu assets / domain / select / OK

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / domain / select / OK

or while editing the asset

To associate one asset to sources of information

§  select one asset

§  menu assets / information sources / select / OK

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / information sources / select / OK

or while editing the asset

To transform a plain asset into a group

§  select one asset

§  menu assets / asset-group / be group

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / asset-group / be group

To transform a group of assets into a plain asset

§  select one asset

§  menu assets / asset-group / do not be group

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / asset-group / do not be group

To remove one asset (and the member of the group if any)

§  select one asset

§  menu assets / delete / delete asset

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / delete / delete asset

or

§  select one asset

§  click DEL

To remove the members of a group

§  select one asset

§  menu assets / delete / delete children

or

§  select one asset

§  right click / delete / delete children

To move one asset to another place in the tree

§  drag & drop

§  cut & paste

or

§  SHIFT + UP_ARROW: to move up, before the previous one

• SHIFT + DOWN_ARROW: to move down, after the next one
• SHIFT + LEFT_ARROW: to move left, brother(s) of the current father
• SHIFT + RIGHT_ARROW: to move right, son(s) of the current elder brother