Glossary

The product's words, one sentence each.

Tenant

An isolated set of data: inventory, collection, vault, backups. A user works in the tenants assigned to them.

Collection

The read session NacTrack opens on a device to read its configuration and state.

Vault

Where the credentials used for collection are stored encrypted.

Snapshot

What a collection read at a given time; two snapshots can be compared.

Managed device

A device declared in the inventory and collected.

Discovered device

A device seen as a CDP or LLDP neighbour without being in the inventory.

Segment

A group of devices or subnets used to filter, schedule or discover.

Waiver

A compliance check deliberately accepted, with a reason and an expiry date.

KEV

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: CVE observed being actively exploited.

EPSS

The estimated probability that a CVE is exploited within 30 days.

EOS, EOL

End of sale and end of life announced by the vendor; end of support is the date after which it no longer fixes.

BETA

A feature still evolving; some need the beta module in the licence.

Assistance tunnel

An outbound WireGuard tunnel opened by the appliance, that you turn on and off, for remote assistance.