Classification policy - Use case

You can use the Set Asset Class action from the Policies view to classify the assets based on importance, where class A is the most important and class D is the least important.

You can set the asset class based on:

• the repository name

• the asset tags

Snyk Essentials identifies GitHub and GitLab topics as asset tags.

Use the classification policy to give business context to your application. When you set up a classification policy, all your assets are automatically classified.

If you just started using the classification policy, the recommendation is to focus first on the Class D assets, since they are the least important.

The following example filters the assets that contain sandbox, test, and to-delete in their names. In Snyk Essentials, GitHub and GitLab topics are pulled in from the SCM integration and applied to repository assets, so if topics like PCI-Compliance have been added to repos in the SCM, Snyk can take those tags in Snyk Essentials and classify those assets as Class A.

Assets Policy - Setting up filters for a classification policy

After you set up the filters, you need to apply a Class D asset classification to those assets.

Assets Policy - Setting up actions for a classification policy

You can apply a similar pattern and create actions for Class A, B, and C assets, within the same policy.

Assets Policy - Setting up multiple actions for a classification policy