asset-inventory

1# Asset Inventory
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3Maintain comprehensive IT asset inventory using automated discovery, AWS Config rules, cloud asset discovery scripts, CMDB integration, and tagging enforcement for compliance and operational visibility.
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5## When to Use
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7- Building or maintaining an IT asset inventory for compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP)
8- Implementing automated cloud resource discovery across accounts and regions
9- Enforcing tagging standards for cost allocation, ownership, and data classification
10- Integrating asset data with a CMDB for operational workflows
11- Preparing for audits that require a complete system component inventory
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13## Asset Categories and Schema
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15```yaml
16asset_categories:
17  compute:
18    cloud:
19      - EC2 instances / Azure VMs / GCE instances
20      - Lambda functions / Azure Functions / Cloud Functions
21      - ECS/EKS clusters and tasks
22      - Container images in registries
23    on_premise:
24      - Physical servers
25      - Virtual machines (VMware, Hyper-V)
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27  storage:
28    - S3 buckets / Azure Storage / GCS buckets
29    - EBS volumes / Managed Disks / Persistent Disks
30    - RDS instances / Azure SQL / Cloud SQL
31    - DynamoDB tables / Cosmos DB / Firestore
32    - EFS / Azure Files / Filestore
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34  network:
35    - VPCs / VNets / VPC Networks
36    - Load balancers (ALB, NLB, Azure LB, GCP LB)
37    - DNS zones and records
38    - VPN gateways and connections
39    - CDN distributions
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41  security:
42    - IAM users, roles, and policies
43    - KMS keys / Key Vault keys
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