IT Asset Management

Definitions

1. The process of tracking and managing hardware, software, cloud resources, and related ownership or lifecycle data across an organization. In security, IT asset management is foundational because you cannot protect, patch, or monitor assets you do not know you have.

   In plain English: Keeping track of an organization's computers, software, and other technology assets.

   Example: "The breach review started with IT asset management because no one could confidently say how many exposed servers existed."

Related Terms

• Operational Security
• Cyber Incident
• First Responder
• Incident Coordination
• Incident Tracking
• Infrastructure Monitoring
• Internal Audit
• IT Governance
• IT Risk
• ITSM
• MSP
• Owner
• Policy Enforcement
• Program Security
• Risk Owner