MANAGEMENT OF ASSETS AND INVENTORY

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Current Process

Overview

  • System Administrator is forced to manually keep track of all assets and installed software
  • Inventory of devices is maintained manually and configuration changes are not consistently documented
  • Standard device information like operating system, software installed, and other settings may or may not be manually collected
  • No standard reporting
  • Situational Awareness

SCM Process

Overview

  • Network devices are discovered using automated means
  • Agents are automatically deployed to all devices on network
  • Agents gather information about the assets (e.g. installed sw, version information, etc.) on the network and report
  • System administrator must enter in information such as  physical location of box , etc.
  • Network Situational Awareness