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title: Getting started with Assets description: Learn what Assets are in Tidal Control and how to use the Assets page to manage your business assets sidebar_position: 1

Getting started with Assets

What are Assets in Tidal Control?

Assets in Tidal Control are all business resources that are important to your organization. These can include:

• IT systems - Servers, applications, databases
• Software - SaaS solutions, internal tools, licenses
• Hardware - Laptops, network equipment, printers
• Vendors - External parties that provide services
• Locations - Offices, data centers, production facilities

By registering assets in Tidal, you gain insight into risks, compliance status, and responsibilities for each business resource.

Navigating the Assets page

Opening the Assets page

Go to the Assets section via the main menu. You'll arrive at an overview page showing all assets from your organization.

What you see in the overview

The assets overview shows:

• Asset name - The title of the business resource
• Custom ID - Your own reference number (optional)
• Number of linked controls - Which controls are relevant for this asset
• Number of linked risks - Which risks are relevant for this asset
• Owners - The person(s) responsible for this asset
• Status indicators - How risky this asset is
• C I A rating - Which quality criteria (Confidentiality, Integrity, and/or Availability) this asset scores high on

Archived Assets

At the top of the overview, you see two tabs:

• Open assets contain the current active assets
• Archived assets contain assets that are no longer in use

Archive assets when they are no longer actively used. They are kept in the archive for audit trails and historical reference, and you can always restore assets from the archive later.

Search and filtering

Search functionality

Using the search bar:

1. Click in the search bar at the top of the overview
2. Type asset names or custom IDs
3. Press 'Enter' and your search results will be shown

Filter options

Use the filter dropdown menus to find specific assets:

Filter by attribute:

• Select from predefined attributes
• For example: "Critical", "Cloud", "Vendor"
• You can add attributes to Assets yourself. Read more about this in Managing Assets

Filter by risks and/or controls:

• Filter assets based on their linked risks and/or controls

Filter by assigned persons:

• Filter by owners, executors, or assessors
• See directly which assets fall under your responsibility

Sorting and organizing

Sort options

Click the sort dropdown to order assets:

By date:

• Old to new - Oldest assets first
• New to old - Most recent assets first

By identification:

• Custom ID (A-Z) - Alphabetical by your reference numbers
• Custom ID (Z-A) - Reverse alphabetical
• Name (A-Z) - Alphabetical by asset name
• Name (Z-A) - Reverse alphabetical by name

By impact:

• Impact level from highest to lowest - Critical assets first
• Impact level from lowest to highest - Least critical assets first

Interpreting results

Empty results:

• Check if your filters aren't too restrictive
• Look in the "Archived assets" tab
• Possibly no assets have been created yet

Too many results:

• Add additional filters to refine
• Use the search function for specific terms
• Sort by relevance (e.g., impact level)

Next steps

Now that you know how to find and filter assets, you can:

• Add assets for new business resources
• Perform assessments to map risks
• Create links with controls, plans, and risks