A.5.9 Inventory of information and other associated assets
Maintain a current asset inventory with owners.
12
artefacts
4
held by a system
3
at each review
moderate
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
- CMDB export report · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Asset register database query output · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Change management tickets for asset additions and removals · SIEM / log platform
- Asset lifecycle tracking log · SIEM / log platform
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Signed responsibility acknowledgment forms · HR system / LMS
- Decommissioning and disposal records · SIEM / log platform
- Risk assessment reports per asset class · Data governance / DLP tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Master asset inventory spreadsheet · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Asset ownership assignment matrix · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- User role to asset mapping document · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Information classification scheme linked to assets · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Asset classification label list · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 4 of 12 artefacts that already live in a system (Policy repository / GRC workspace); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- Outdated entries in inventory
- Missing owner signatures
- No systematic change tracking
- Classification not linked to assets
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.
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