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Context & Asset Identification

Context Definition

The lab will simulate a small cybersecurity oriented organization with :

  • On-premise virtualization (Proxmox)
  • Public-facing VPS services
  • Administrative remote access (Teleport)
  • Centralized logging & monitoring (Wazuh, Prometheus, Grafana)
  • Users management (OpenLDAP)
  • Automated backups, updates and deployments (Ansible, Gitea)

Asset Categories

Technical Assets

  • Proxmox host - main hypervisor | ✔️ Deployed
  • VPS server - web server, external backup | ✔️ Deployed
  • Firewall (OPNsense) - Filtering, vLANs, IPS (Suricata) | In Progress
  • Bastion host - Secured SSH/TLS centralized access | 🚧 Planned
  • SIEM and logging hosts - Log aggregation and correlation | 🚧 Planned
  • Ansible and Gitea hosts - Code orchestration and management | 🚧 Planned

Information Assets

  • Configuration data - Ansible playbooks, parameters files
  • Credentials - passwords, SSH keys, certificates
  • Backups - VMs and containers snapshots, databases backups, archives
  • Log data - system, applications and network logs
  • User data - LDAP accounts, access profiles

Criticality Assessment

Assets are evaluated based on:

  • Availability requirements
  • Confidentiality impact
  • Integrity sensitivity
AssetAvailabilityConfidentialityIntegrityOwner
Proxmox hostHighMediumHighOps
VPS serverHighHighHighOps
OPNsense firewallHighHighMediumSec
Teleport bastion hostHighHighHighSec
SIEM & logging hostsMediumHighMediumSec
Ansible & Gitea hostsMediumMediumMediumDev
Configuration dataMediumHighHighDev
CredentialsLowHighHighSec
BackupsHighMediumHighOps
Log dataMediumMediumMediumSec
User data (LDAP)HighHighHighSec

In the DevSecOps approach chosen to reflect the type of organizations that this lab replicates, each asset is linked to an owner service : Operations (Ops), Security (Sec) or Development (Dev). This assignment facilitates governance, accountability, and the implementation of domain-specific controls.

References : ISO 27001 – A.8.1 (Asset Management) & A.8.1.2 (Ownership of Assets) ; NIST CSF ID.AM-1 (Asset Inventory).