Glossary of Terms | Isora GRC Knowledge Base

Term	Definition / Usage
Acknowledgment	Process of signing off a survey or part of a survey.
Application / App	An object stored in application inventory and belonging to exactly one unit; usually these refer to software applications or some combination of hardware/software, may consist of multiple products working together as a system; may refer to an internally developed product. Can be assessed as an individual target.
Assessment	Process of asking questions about a specific target or set of targets; exists within a series, consists of one or more surveys and potentially may include data enrichment as part of the survey(s).
Assessment Series	Organizational bucket containing assessments with the same target type (methodology), usually done for the same purpose and often on the same target(s) repeatedly.
Asset Enrichment	This is part of a survey where attributes about a certain target are gathered. Currently there are two supported types of data enrichment- 1) asset enrichment (host categorization) as part of a unit survey; this is the part of the survey where assets are classified based on the type of data they contain; and 2) application enrichment as part of an application survey. When the attributes are gathered they have two impacts- 1) the answer is part of the survey results; 2) the attributes on the underlying object are updated to reflect any changes made.
Deployment- Application	An association between an application in inventory with an asset (host) also in inventory.
Deployment- Third-Party Vendor Product	An association between a third-party vendor product in inventory with a unit; has data classification associated with it.
Asset / Host	An object stored in asset (host) inventory on a sheet which is owned by exactly one unit; typically these are IP-based networked assets. They are classified based on the type of data they contain and can be assessed via “asset enrichment” within a unit survey.
Host Categorization	Old UI terminology- the part of an organizational survey where host assets are classified based on the type of data they contain.
Inventory	Objects managed within Isora GRC; have three distinct types- Asset (Hosts), Applications (Apps) and Third-Party Vendor Products.
Location	A location is an object representing a specific physical place where an asset may reside. Locations must be fully qualified, consisting of a site, building, floor and room. Only superusers can create and edit locations.
Unit (formerly Organizational Unit, Org Unit or OU)	Basic entity of ownership or designation; usually these represent groups of people or departments but it could represent anything you care about assessing. Roles (permissions) are on a per-unit basis.
Role	A method for assigning capabilities or permissions pertaining to a particular unit.
Survey	The most basic part of an assessment; a list of questions targeting one specific object.
Target	The entity being assessed / questioned by a survey.
Questionnaire (Unit Questions)	The part of an unit survey with questions targeting the unit itself.
Third-Party Vendor Product	A type of inventory used to represent 3rd-party products. Unlike other inventory types, no one specifically “owns” vendor products.