Assets menu

new asset / new asset	Creates a new asset. See “[[ra_ai1]]”.
new asset / new asset group	Creates a new asset group (a directory). See “[[ra_ai1]]”.
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 “[[ra_ai1]]”.
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 “[[ra_ai1]]”.
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 “[[ra_ai1]]”.
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 information and services 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

select one layer
right click / new asset

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

select one layer
right click / new asset group

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

select one asset
right click / new asset / duplicate asset

To edit an asset

select one asset
menu assets / edit

select one asset
right click / edit

To add a long description to an asset

select one asset
menu assets / description

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

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

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

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

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

select one asset
right click / delete / delete asset

select one asset
click DEL

To remove the members of a group

select one asset
menu assets / delete / delete children

select one asset
right click / delete / delete children

To move one asset to another place in the tree

drag & drop
cut & paste

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