The Introduction to Snyk Essentials and Snyk AppRisk module helps you understand Snyk Essentials and Snyk AppRisk, as well as how to navigate their interfaces. A terminology reference is also included.

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This module walks you through the core SCM integrations that must be configured at the Group level.

Snyk offers support for a broad range of application context sources, enabling the integration of external data sources like service catalogs and development platforms to provide additional information about applications Snyk may detect. For example, Snyk supports Backstage, Roadie, Atlassian Compass, ServiceNow CMDB, and others. If these integrations are not relevant to your organization, scroll past to mark this section as complete.

For more information, see Snyk documentation on SCM Application Context, or review one of the following lessons, if applicable:

• Snyk Essentials - Application context with Backstage software catalog
• Snyk Essentials - Application context with ServiceNow® CMDB

Follow these actions to enable runtime insights for prioritization:

• Refer to the documentation for the Runtime sensors configuration, including docs.snyk.io how to configure Runtime sensors, Dynatrace, Sysdig, and others, to set up issue runtime insights for Snyk AppRisk.
• Configure the required associations by following the instructions on how to associate assets .

Additionally the following Learn lessons area available to show how to use and configure third-party integrations. Scroll through lessons to mark them as complete if they are not relevant.

• Snyk AppRisk - Secrets detection coverage with GitGuardian
• Snyk AppRisk - Secrets detection coverage with Nightfall AI

This module provides an overview and examples of how to navigate your inventory and how to create policies.

• Inventory is the heart of Snyk Essentials and Snyk AppRisk, providing a collection of assets along with powerful capabilities for filtering and sorting to identify issues or understand your assets. You will learn how to use the inventory and its capabilities.
• Policies offer powerful capabilities for automating tagging, classification, and creating coverage policies, as well as automating notifications across various systems.

In addition to the learning path you are currently in, other learning paths are available on Snyk Learn based on tasks you may be performing. These paths consist of:

• Introduction - A brief learning path to explain Snyk Essentials and Snyk AppRisk, along with their benefits.
• Reporting and issue management - Describes the reporting mechanism and how to take action based on the available data.
• Administrator and Early Adopters - A learning path in the form of a complete course focused on customers who pilot or use these capabilities from start to finish.