To keep system management structured and consistent, CSFaaS drives the Systems module from editable catalogues. Tailoring them aligns system attributes, classifications and vocabulary with your organisation's unique needs.
1. Why Tailor Your Catalogues
- Strategic Alignment: adapt system definitions and attributes to reflect your operational goals and risk management strategy.
- Standardisation: ensure consistency across the organisation by predefining system criteria and classification levels.
- Improved Efficiency: reduce manual input and ambiguity with predefined, standardised options for all systems.
- Enhanced Risk Management: focus on what matters most by tailoring attributes to prioritise critical systems and components.
2. Where Catalogues Are Managed
All workspace catalogues live in the Databases module, under the Configuration Catalogs tab. The catalogues are grouped by the module they serve: the Systems Module group holds the system-specific lists, next to Cross-module lists shared with other modules. You can search the tree or narrow it with the module filter.
Select a catalogue to see its description and entries, then click Open editor to add, edit or hide entries.
Note: editing catalogues requires the Catalog Management permission (workspace owners and Account Managers always have it); without it the tab is read-only. The separate Databases Management permission governs the Controls and Threats databases, not these catalogues.
3. Catalogues Used by the Systems Module
Cross-Module Catalogues
These apply across the whole workspace; you may already have configured them while setting up your global environment:
- Business Units
- Regions
- Functional Domains
- Data Classification
System-Specific Catalogues
These shape the fields of the system record. Tailor them to fit your environment, or use the defaults:
| Catalogue | What it defines |
|---|---|
| Architectural Domains | The architecture perspective a system belongs to (Applications, Platforms, Data...) |
| System Types | The system's role and function within your infrastructure |
| System Domains | A higher-level grouping of systems (for example IT, OT) |
| System Accessibility | Access levels, from publicly accessible to internally isolated |
| System Management | Whether systems are managed in-house or by external providers |
| System Hosting | Hosting environments, from internal hosting to external shared or dedicated |
| Cloud Types and Cloud Stack Components | The cloud service model and the layers involved |
| Environment Stages | Lifecycle stages such as Production or Non-Production |
| Operational Statuses | The system's current condition, for effective planning and monitoring |
| RTO and RPO timeframes | The selectable recovery objective values |
| CIA Levels | The confidentiality, integrity and availability scale used in the CIA Levels of Processed Data table |
4. Adapting Over Time
By customising these catalogues, you implement a system management framework that is efficient and aligned with your company's objectives. Because the lists remain editable, you can adapt quickly to changing requirements while keeping your inventory consistent.