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# Key assets & artifacts

Key assets & artifacts are automatically created based on the tagged data from the investigation timeline of the investigation and dividing them among the categories:

* **Data Access**: Displays all the items that have been tagged in the File Access tables.

The following table for **Endpoints** displays the endpoints that have at least one or more items tagged:

| Field             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Endpoint Name     | Name of the endpoint.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Endpoint Type     | <p>Displays the endpoint type:</p><ul><li>Mobile</li><li>Server</li><li>Workstation</li><li>Kubernetes Node</li></ul>                                                                                                                   |
| Endpoint Status   | <p>Displays the status of the endpoint:</p><ul><li>Connected</li><li>Connected Lost</li><li>Deleted</li><li>Disconnected</li><li>Uninstalled</li><li>VDI Pending Login</li><li>Forensics Offline</li><li>Partial Registration</li></ul> |
| Earliest Activity | Timestamp of the earliest tagged item in the incident timeline for the endpoint.                                                                                                                                                        |
| Latest Activity   | Timestamp of the last tagged item in the incident timeline for the endpoint.                                                                                                                                                            |
| IP Address        | List of associated IP addresses.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| IPv6 Address      | List of associated IPv6 addresses.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| First Seen        | Timestamp of first seen.                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Last Seen         | Timestamp of last seen.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Endpoint Isolated | <p>Displays the status of endpoint isolation:</p><ul><li>Pending Isolation Cancellation</li><li>Pending Isolation</li><li>Isolated</li><li>Not Isolated</li></ul>                                                                       |
| Isolation Date    | Isolation date of the endpoint.                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

The following table for **Malware** shows all the items that have been tagged in the Process Execution or Persistence tables.

| Field                   | Description                                                                                                   |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| File Name               | Name of the artifact collected from the endpoint.                                                             |
| Path                    | Executable path.                                                                                              |
| Tags                    | Assigned tags of the artifact.                                                                                |
| SHA256                  | SHA256 value of the executable file.                                                                          |
| Verdicts                | WildFire verdicts.                                                                                            |
| User                    | User name of the person who ran the process.                                                                  |
| Mitre ATT\&CK Tactic    | Tactic selected during tagging.                                                                               |
| Mitre ATT\&CK Technique | Technique selected during tagging.                                                                            |
| Platform                | <p>Operating system of the endpoint:</p><ul><li>Windows</li><li>macOS</li><li>Linux</li><li>Android</li></ul> |
| Created                 | Creation timestamp of the file accessed.                                                                      |
| Accessed                | Accessed timestamp of the file accessed.                                                                      |
| Modified                | Modified timestamp of the file accessed.                                                                      |

The following table for**Users** displays any artifact data with a non-null user field that has been tagged.

| Field             | Description                                                                                             |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Username          | Username of the person who ran the process.                                                             |
| Domain            | Domain of the user's computer.                                                                          |
| ID                | <p>Indicates the operating system:</p><ul><li>UID for macOS and Linux</li><li>SID for Windows</li></ul> |
| Earliest Activity | Timestamp of earliest tagged item in Incident Timeline for the user.                                    |
| Latest Activity   | Timestamp of last tagged item in Incident Timeline for the user.                                        |

The following table for **Network Indicators** displays the event logs with the IP addresses that have been tagged.

| Field        | Description                                               |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Indicator    | Data field that was tagged.                               |
| Type         | <ul><li>IP Address</li><li>Hostname</li><li>URL</li></ul> |
| Country      | Geolocation data for IP addresses.                        |
| Flag         | Flag of geolocated country.                               |
| Organization | Organization associated with IP address.                  |

The following table for **Data Access** displays all the items that have been tagged in the File Access tables.

| Field    | Description                                |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Path     | Path of the accessed file.                 |
| User     | User name of person who accessed the file. |
| Created  | Creation timestamp of the file accessed.   |
| Accessed | Accessed timestamp of the file accessed.   |
| Modified | Modified timestamp of the file accessed.   |
| Size     | Size of the file.                          |


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