← ISO 27001 · A.5 — Organisational
A.5.9 — Inventory of information and other associated assets
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asset-managementinventory
Requirement
An inventory of information and other associated assets, including owners, shall be developed and maintained.
What the engine looks for
Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.
Required element 1 — any one of
asset inventoryasset registerinventorycmdbasset management
Required element 2 — any one of
ownerownership
Supporting terms — specificity signals
classificationautomated discoveryreviewed quarterlytaggingsystem of record
Contradiction markers
Finding any of these outranks coverage — a policy that admits the gap is worse than silence.
no asset inventory
inventory is incomplete
Equivalent controls elsewhere
Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.
| Framework | Control | Title | Shared topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLBA | 314.4(c)(2) | Inventory of data, personnel, devices and systems | inventory asset-management |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | ID.AM-01 | Inventories of hardware are maintained | asset-management inventory |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | ID.AM-02 | Inventories of software, services and systems are maintained | asset-management inventory |
| GDPR | Art.30 | Records of processing activities | inventory |
| PCI DSS 4.0.1 | 12.5.2 | PCI DSS scope documented and confirmed annually | inventory |
| HIPAA | 164.310(d)(1) | Device and media controls (R) | asset-management |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | ID.AM-05 | Assets are prioritised by criticality | asset-management |