Asset Inventory

Maintain comprehensive IT asset inventory using automated discovery, AWS Config rules, cloud asset discovery scripts, CMDB integration, and tagging enforcement for compliance and operational visibility.

When to Use

• Building or maintaining an IT asset inventory for compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP)
• Implementing automated cloud resource discovery across accounts and regions
• Enforcing tagging standards for cost allocation, ownership, and data classification
• Integrating asset data with a CMDB for operational workflows
• Preparing for audits that require a complete system component inventory

Asset Categories and Schema

asset_categories:
  compute:
    cloud:
      - EC2 instances / Azure VMs / GCE instances
      - Lambda functions / Azure Functions / Cloud Functions
      - ECS/EKS clusters and tasks
      - Container images in registries
    on_premise:
      - Physical servers
      - Virtual machines (VMware, Hyper-V)

  storage:
    - S3 buckets / Azure Storage / GCS buckets
    - EBS volumes / Managed Disks / Persistent Disks
    - RDS instances / Azure SQL / Cloud SQL
    - DynamoDB tables / Cosmos DB / Firestore
    - EFS / Azure Files / Filestore

  network:
    - VPCs / VNets / VPC Networks
    - Load balancers (ALB, NLB, Azure LB, GCP LB)
    - DNS zones and records
    - VPN gateways and connections
    - CDN distributions

  security:
    - IAM users, roles, and policies
    - KMS keys / Key Vault keys
    - Certificates (ACM, Key Vault, Certificate Manager)
    - Security groups / NSGs / Firewall rules
    - WAF configurations

  applications:
    - SaaS subscriptions
    - Licensed software
    - Custom applications
    - APIs and integrations

  endpoints:
    - Laptops and desktops
    - Mobile devices
    - Printers and peripherals