Enhance data consistency with Entity Resolution

Entity Resolution connects assets across multiple security tools, creating a unified inventory of devices. Poor Entity Resolution leads to overlinking and underlinking, which can lead to inaccurate data, misleading insights, and reporting errors in dashboards and inventories.

You can access Panaseer's Entity Resolution page by clicking the left-hand menubar Data Management Center icon and then selecting Entity Resolution.

Entity Resolution Overview in Panaseer

The Entity Resolution Overview delivers a concise snapshot of trends across your data sources leading to sharper insights, improved efficiency, and more informed decision-making for your organization.

Total devices compared to Unique devices after Entity Resolution

Total devices from all security tools displays information on all the connectors harvesting data from your security tools and the total number of devices before applying Entity Resolution.

Click Show details to reveal the individual connectors you have installed.

All connectors your organization has installed

Unique devices presents the data after Entity Resolution has deduplicated and merged similar assets, enhancing accuracy and instilling greater confidence in your data.

Unique devices after Entity Resolution

In most cases, Panaseer's Entity Resolution effectively enhances your data, though some edge cases may still require further investigation. These are known as overlinking and underlinking—and Panaseer can help you address them with confidence.

Investigating overlinking and underlinking

Overlinking occurs when distinct devices are mistakenly identified as one and underlinking happens when a single device is mistakenly treated as multiple devices.

Overlinking investigation in Panaseer

While some instances may be expected, both overlinking and underlinking should be reviewed, as they may indicate issues in Entity Resolution.

You can resolve potential linking challenges with confidence using Panaseer’s Overlinking and Underlinking pages.

Please contact your CSM for more details on Entity Resolution.