2.4 Utilize Automated Software Inventory Tools
Utilize software inventory tools, when possible, throughout the enterprise to automate the discovery and documentation of installed software.
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artefacts
2
held by a system
1
at each review
easy
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Evidence the safeguard is implemented: Utilize Automated Software Inventory Tools · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Configuration / tooling output demonstrating the safeguard · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Records showing the safeguard is operating (logs, reports, reviews) · SIEM / log platform
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Policy/standard covering CIS Control 2 (Inventory and Control of Software Assets) · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Automate the pull from your Policy repository / GRC workspace. Version-controlled policy set with approval metadata; review dates tracked as records, not a calendar note.
Common gaps auditors find
- Safeguard implemented for some assets but not all in scope
- No evidence of ongoing operation (point-in-time only)
- Implementation Group IG2 baseline not met
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheet2.3 Address Unauthorized Software · 2.5 Allowlist Authorized Software