Welcome to AppViz

AlgoSec AppViz provides an application-centric approach to your network security policy management.

With AlgoSec AppViz, all business applications are discovered, identified, and mapped, providing visibility of the network connectivity flows associated with each business application, which in turn provides critical security information regarding the firewalls and firewall rules supporting each connectivity flow.

Using AppViz, changes can be made at the business application level, including application migrations, server deployment and decommissioning projects. You can speed up the secure deployment of business applications throughout the entire change lifecycle.

AppViz is a SaaS-based application.

Note: Since Application Discovery connects directly to the ASMS Central Manager, no additional configuration is required for the SaaS-based environment.

In this documentation

All AppViz information and procedures in these tech docs are relevant for both on-prem and SaaS unless marked specifically as follows:

  • indicates instructions relevant only for AppViz in the SaaS-environment

  • indicates instructions relevant only for AppViz on-prem

Access AppViz

AppViz is an entirely SaaS-based application, and is accessible whenever you are connected to the internet.

For new customers to AppViz:

  • If ASMS integration has been established to SaaS services (for example you are already using AlgoSec Cloud or ObjectFlow: See the following steps in this section to access AppViz.

  • If ASMS integration has not yet been established to SaaS services, Integration between ASMS with SaaS Services is required before you can access AppViz. See ASMS integration to SaaS services.

For customers already using AppViz:

  • Contact AlgoSec for assistance to migrate to the SaaS environment.

Do the following:

Note: To access AppViz without opening ASMS, see Logging in and out.

Note to Administrators: For initial setup of AppViz, see Deploy AlgoSec AppViz.

  1. In the AFA or FireFlow left-side dropdown menu, select AppViz.

    AppViz opens in a new browser tab:

  2. To log in and manage passwords, see Logging in and out.

Access AppViz (On-Prem)

Do the following:

  • Select AppViz in the AFA or FireFlow left-side dropdown menu.

    AppViz opens in a new browser tab:

Tip: At the top of each page in the workspace, click AlgoSec Reporting Tool to view detailed reports on data across ASMS. For details, see AFA dashboards.

AppViz main menu


Hover over the panel on the left to expand the menu.


The main menu includes the following options:

HOME

The default AppViz home page, which displays graphs and widgets about the configured applications.

The HOME page also enables you to perform an Impact Analysis search. For details, see Analyze application impact.

Note: The Applications by Lifecycle Phase widget is displayed only when vulnerability assessment is not configured. The Most Vulnerable Applications widget is displayed only when vulnerability assessment is configured.

For more details, see Manage vulnerability assessment scanners.
APPLICATIONS

Enables you to view and manage the applications configured in AppViz.

For details, see Business applications.
NETWORK OBJECTS

Enables you to view and manage network objects from AppViz.

For details, see Network objects and Device objects.
SERVICE OBJECTS

Enables you to view and manage service objects from AppViz.

For details, see Service objects and Device objects.
PROJECTS

Enables you to view and manage AppViz projects.

For details, see Projects.
DISCOVERY

Enables you to discover new application from a variety of sources:

For details, see Discover applications.

  • Application Discovery is an additional AlgoSec tool installed over AppViz, which enables you to automatically discover business applications and flows, and import them in to AppViz. For more details, see Welcome to Application Discovery.

  • Cisco Secure Workload (Tetration): Discover applications and flows using a configured Cisco Secure Workload (Tetration) server.

  • Import Flows from File: Import flows from a prepared CSV file. This is especially helpful when exporting flows from AFA, where you can use the policy as stored in AFA to create the CSV file.

  • AI-Driven Application Discovery: Leverage AI to identify and suggest applications to add to AppViz, making the discovery process faster and more intelligent. See AI-Driven Application Discovery in AppViz .
ASMS INTEGRATION Enables you to create a connection between AppViz and ASMS. For details, see ASMS integration to SaaS services.
ACCESS MANAGEMENT Enables you to manage system access and monitor account activity. For details, see Access management.

Access API documentation directly from AppViz

AppViz API documentation, like the AppViz Help Center, is available from every AppViz page.

To access the AppViz API documentation:

  1. From any AppViz page, click on the down arrow to the right of your user name on the AppViz toolbar.

  2. Click API Documentation.

    3. The AppViz API reference is displayed:

View your Account ID

Easily access your Account ID directly from AppViz. This is helpful when you are managing multiple accounts or if you need your Account ID to open a support case.

To view your Account ID:

  1. In the toolbar, click your Username.

    A dropdown list appears.

  2. If you want to copy the Account ID, click next to the Account ID.

Tip: If you need to open a support query, copy your Account ID and then navigate to the Portal Support page.