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Implementing asset management for good cyber security.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Information security
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Implementing asset management for good cyber security for organisational planning, review and training. NCSC guidance is advisory and should be applied to the organisation's own risks and obligations.
Contents
- Introduction
- The asset management challenge
- What is an asset?
- Assets that must be configured or managed to achieve security outcomes.
- Assets that may be impacted as a result of a cyber incident.
- Shadow IT
- The importance of asset management
- Integrating asset management into your organisation
- What should be included in a good asset management approach
- Data sources
- Active and passive data sources
- Example data sources
- Validating the Asset Management system
- Source links
Source and licence
National Cyber Security Centre
AttributionNational Cyber Security Centre, “Asset management” (28 May 2021), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesAdapted 16 September 2026: converted the official HTML article into neutral text-only DOCX and PDF editions. Preserved article headings, paragraphs, lists and plain-text source-link destinations; normalized web whitespace and typographic punctuation; omitted site navigation, topic and download cards, images, logos, scripts, styles and page furniture.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026