Glossary

Asset Management

Asset management is keeping track of all your stuff - knowing what computers, software, and data you have and where they are.

What is Asset Management?

The process of identifying, tracking, and managing IT assets throughout their lifecycle from acquisition to disposal.

Why Should You Care?

You cannot protect what you do not know about. Asset management is foundational to security and required by all frameworks.

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Real-World Example

A discovery scan identifies 200 unknown devices on the network, including personal laptops and IoT devices.

How to Protect Against Asset Management

  1. 1.

    Implement asset discovery and inventory

  2. 2.

    Create asset lifecycle management procedures

Related Terms

Cmdb, Inventory, Shadow It

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