network inventory open

More importantly, managers need to prove that they have gone to the proper lengths to protect the sensitive data residing on those assets. The demand for the timely reporting of onsite equipment and protection practices can take many forms: an annual inventory, a security audit, a tangible asset appraisal for corporate valuation purposes, an end-of-lease equipment collection, a retired asset count or a wide variety of third-party inventories for taxation, regulatory or accounting requirements.

In the new compliance era ushered in by Basel II and the like, companies must certify that they have protected critical business information and personal data.

Servers and network inventory open storage devices spend most of their useful lives mounted in a rack (but not always in the same rack).