SOX IT General Controls Depend on the System Inventory the CMDB Holds
Access reviews and change tickets look clean until the auditor asks a simple question: which systems sit in scope for …
Closing Cloud and SaaS Blind Spots With API-Based IT Discovery
A c5.xlarge instance spins up for a six-minute batch job, finishes, and terminates, and no subnet scan ever touches it. …
How to Choose an ITAM Solution: IT Director’s Guide
An IT Director signs off on a new ITAM platform, and six months later the license audit turns up a …
ITAM vs CSAM: which is better for your business?
When an unmapped cloud instance triggers a critical security alert, or an unassigned software license causes a costly audit penalty, …
Virima: A Powerful Alternative to Jira Asset Discovery for IT Asset and Configuration Management
Jira Service Management owns the ticket. An Assets object shows the host, owner field, and schema attributes your team filled …
What Is a CMDB? Configuration Management Database Explained
A configuration management database (CMDB) is a structured repository that stores data about an organization’s IT assets, called configuration items …
OpenText IT Asset Management: Pros, Cons, and Alternative
Your annual software audit notice arrives from a major vendor. The asset team pulls up the ITAM repository, but the …
