One policy can be enforced over heterogeneous assets by having connectors monitoring assets execute asset type related checks to enforce the policy. In one embodiment, the present invention includes receiving, at one such connector managing a plurality of assets, an assignment of a policy to an asset of the plurality of assets from a server. In response to the assignment, the connector attempts to retrieve one or more automated checks to enforce the policy against the asset using information about an asset type of the asset, and then executes the retrieved automated checks against the first asset if at least one automated check was retrieved.