Flexera provides SaaS-based IT management solutions to help enterprises gain visibility and control of IT assets, reduce ongoing software costs, and maintain continuous license compliance. The Balbix integration with Flexera ingests IT infrastructure assets and software information discovered by Flexera.
Balbix leverages AI to aggregate, normalize, and deduplicate ingested data, along with information integrated from your existing IT and cybersecurity tools. This creates a unified view of your entire asset inventory, including vulnerabilities and their business and operational context. Balbix’s AI models then analyze this data to provide insights such as deployment gap analysis, risk-based vulnerability prioritization (with detailed ranking and scoring), and risk quantification. This process delivers a comprehensive assessment of risk, whether for a single asset, groups of assets, or your entire enterprise, enabling more informed and effective security decisions.
Integration Summary
This table provides a summary of the Balbix integration for the Flexera connector.
Integration Type | Fetch: An inbound API integration used to fetch the infrastructure assets, operating system and software information. |
Types of Assets Fetched | Host devices including desktops, laptops. |
Types of Data Fetched | Asset names, hardware information, interface information (MAC Address, IP Address), OS information, system information, software information (e.g., product name, version and vendor). |
Prerequisites
To configure the Balbix connector, you must first create Flexera API credentials with the appropriate permissions. These credentials are required for completing the configuration process.
API Access
All API requests require authentication using an access token obtained from Flexera IAM. Use the domain suffix or top-level domain appropriate for your region, as shown below:
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Create and Configure the Connector
After you have completed the prerequisites, follow these steps to create and configure your Balbix connector for Flexera.
Step 1: Select the Connector
Start by selecting a connector using the steps outlined below:
Go to Data Sources from the left navigation bar.
In the Connectors table, click + Add Connector.
Click Select a Connector to Configure to expand the window and view the list of available connectors.
Click the + icon on the Flexera tile.
Click Next to configure the connector.
Step 2: Configure the Connector
Configure the connector using the steps outlined below:
API Reference Documentation
To learn more about the Flexera API, see the reference listed below: