ASSET Manager Help

Welcome to the help files for the NIST ASSET Manager tool. The ASSET Manager works in conjucntion with ASSET System by aggregating individual system assessments created by ASSET - System. It assists managers in developing an organization-wide perspective on the state of IT system security. ASSET - Manager also has the capabilities of ASSET - System built into it to facilitate the gathering of data for a limited number of systems. For a general description of the ASSET tool consult the following doucment: ASSET Description

ASSET - Manager sepecifically stores data collected for the each of the individual system self-assessments. The tool generates all the reports that ASSET - System can generate. Additionally it can generate reports that summarize any user-defined group of systems (two or more systems). Reports can be exported to any popular spreadsheet or charting program. The results of the questionnaire can be used as input to a report evaluating an organization-wide IT security program. Within the ASSET Manager help files you can obtain assistance and definitions on the general operations of the ASSET Manager tool including elements such as: