Fortifying the Frontlines: Integrating Asset Management and Cybersecurity
By integrating Asset and Service Configuration Management (ASCM) with security operations (SecOps) and ServiceNow, your organization can efficiently strengthen security across all components of your IT environment.
As organizations grow, so does the amount of IT assets they need to continue doing business. This includes hardware, software, data, networking equipment and more.
This can become overwhelming; large organizations can easily lose track of what is owned or what is being used on a regular basis.
Not having a strong Asset and Service Configuration Management (ASCM) practice in place that seeks to manage and optimize all IT assets and configuration items throughout their entire lifecycle can pose security risks.
For example, inconsistent enforcement of software updates or patch refreshes can make the organization vulnerable to hackers. Lost laptops or tablets can get in the wrong hands. Inadequate network monitoring can result in unauthorized items go undetected.
Uniting ASCM and SecOps With ServiceNow
Establishing an ASCM practice involves having a strategy for each step of your IT environment’s lifecycle, including asset planning, acquisition, receiving the assets, inventory, deployment, maintenance, decommission and retirement.
Collaboration between IT security and IT operations (known as security operations or SecOps) can account for security at each level in this lifecycle. This helps strengthen security by increasing transparency, threat awareness and early detection of issues.
A platform, such as ServiceNow, that automates business processes and workflows can help make ASCM and SecOps simpler to enforce and maintain.
