Episode 10 — Manage the Full Asset Inventory and Lifecycle
Accurate asset inventories make every other control possible. We define assets broadly—hardware, software, data, services, identities—and explain lifecycle stages from procurement and onboarding to maintenance, reassignment, and secure disposal. The episode connects inventory discipline to exam-relevant tasks like vulnerability coverage, license compliance, data classification, and incident scoping. You’ll learn how unique identifiers, ownership records, location data, and configuration baselines create a single source of truth that reduces blind spots and streamlines response when something goes wrong.
We then translate the lifecycle into concrete practices. Examples include integrating procurement feeds to auto-register new devices, reconciling discovery scans with CMDB records, and tagging cloud resources so cost and risk roll up to accountable owners. We discuss tracking software bills of materials, validating criticality ratings, and linking assets to backup sets and recovery plans. End-of-life handling covers media sanitization, chain-of-custody for decommissioned drives, and certificates of destruction. Troubleshooting sections address shadow IT, duplicate records, and stale entries that erode trust in the system. By managing assets as living records tied to controls and evidence, you enhance coverage, reduce surprises, and satisfy exam scenarios that test whether you can select the step that makes inventories accurate, current, and decision-ready. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.
