Modern IT environments — especially at large organizations — are complex, with many dependencies. This causes significant challenges — and costs — when organizations need to recover from data breaches or other IT outages.

A complete, up-to-date IT asset inventory is essential for business continuity and disaster recovery, managing risk, complying with regulatory requirements, and supporting digital transformation initiatives. But what’s the best approach to building one?

In this paper, we discuss:

• What an accurate asset inventory looks like
• Why having an accurate asset inventory is important
• Difficulties organizations face when building an asset inventory

The paper also compares and contrasts the different technologies used in modern asset inventory solutions, including sensors, scanners, and connectors.