Frequently Asked Questions of ASSURANT™ Application
Setting up the ASSURANT™ Application
Why is ASSURANT™ not saving to my OneDrive?
Why is ASSURANT™ not saving to my OneDrive?
The ASSURANT™ application currently needs proper permissions for Read and Write capabilities on your device. It is best practice to download ASSURANT™ to a location on your system that is not affected by OneDrive.
If the ASSURANT™ application must be placed inside of OneDrive, please right-click on the unzipped folder and select “Always keep on this device” to solve this issue.
Methodology
What types of systems have been modeled in ASSURANT™?
The ASSURANT™ application has been used to model out a large variety of systems, ranging from Ground Vehicles, to Aircraft, and to Satellites. It has also been used to model the Network a team or squadron uses. The ASSURANT™ application can also be used to model basic systems, like cell phones or laptops, to large Platform systems.
Advisor Services
Where does the data come from for the Advisor Services?
Where does the data come from for the Advisor Services?
The data for the Advisor Services are pulled from various sources (MITRE, CVEs, CWEs, etc) into an Elastic Search Server, which the ASSURANT™ sends queries to to pull their data to be applied in the model.
Report Generation
What type of reports can be generated by ASSURANT™?
What type of reports can be generated by ASSURANT™?
The ASSURANT™ application offers several reports to be generated as Microsoft Word documents. These types of are
– Figure Report
– Architecture Analysis Report (AAR)
– Abbr. Cybersecurity Assessment Report (ACAR)
– EZAS AAR Tables Report
– Critical Function Analysis Report (CFAR)
– Security Assessment Report (SAR)
– Trusted Systems & Networks Analysis Report (TSN)
– Threat Vulnerability Countermeasure Report (TVCR)
– TVA and RAM Risk Overlay
– Risk Assessment Report (RAR)
Also, the ASSURANT™ application offers capabilities to generate several PDF reports fitting with Mitre TRACE analysis.
Importing and Exporting
Can I create a SBOM from ASSURANT™?
Can I create a SBOM from ASSURANT™?
The ASSURANT™ application allows for the user to import and export SBOM files from the Software Properties on Entity nodes. After you create software instances on the desired Entity, from the “Set Software” window select the “Export SBOM” to export a SBOM file in CycloneDX JSON format to your desired location.
