An accurate IT asset inventory is the foundation of every security program and the first control in nearly every framework. Yet, we still do not confidently know what we need to protect.

A recent survey of IT and Security professionals from ESG found that enterprises spend an average of 89 hours collecting inventory from disparate IT and security tools to then manually reconcile the reports. Unfortunately, our environments are so dynamic that these asset inventory reports are obsolete the moment they’re created.

A comprehensive asset intelligence platform should encompass four key dimensions to ensure support beyond your initial initiative to continue delivering value for future use cases.

• Cover All Asset Types: Handling all device types (endpoint, virtual, IT/OT, cloud, BYOD, etc.), identities, and applications.

• Reconciliation from Multiple Systems for Comprehensive Visibility: To create a truly comprehensive asset inventory, you must correlate and deduplicate inventory from disparate IT and security tools.

• Aggregation of Asset Attributes into a Single Platform: Collect and assemble all details from the siloed systems to provide a detailed view of each asset.
• Continuous, Real-Time and Historical Capture: Continuous for real-time asset state and presence, and historical capture with detailed change events for critical incident investigations.