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Trends in Security Information
The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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Configuration & asset management
Keeping track of what to protect and if systems are up to date and functional is the core of asset management and configuration management. Asset management is primarily concerned with the acquiring, managing, tracking and disposing of physical devices — such as laptops, phones and software. It is however not limited to IT and can encompass buildings, equipment, financial assets, people and knowledge as well. Asset Management tracks the physical, logistical, and financial aspects of each asset over its lifecycle (from acquisition to disposal). Physical assets typically have financial value that will depreciate over time, warranty information, and customer support information.
Configuration management on the other hand is concerned with the use and configuration of service assets, rather than managing their costs or contracts, ownership, and disposal. Configuration Items (CI) don’t have to be a physical object — they can also be services like bookkeeping and software. Configuration management is primarily a technical or engineering practice rather than asset management, which is more of a business process. There are two critical aspects of configuration management:
- Service configuration: the assets that comprise a service and how they are connected.
- Item-level configuration: the technical configuration of the item itself. For example, in the case of a server, it’s operating system, patches, memory, disk drive capacity, and so forth.
Both asset management and configuration management are an important part of risk management and protection. In the case of cybersecurity, unpatched software and systems are a key entry point for hackers, and the more (uncontrolled) assets you have the bigger the surface to protect. Keeping a good asset inventory and installing patches against vulnerabilities help safeguarding operations.
Keywords: asset manager, enterprise asset management (EAM), life cycle management, software asset management, IT asset management, computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), ITIL, IT Service Management (ITSM), software configuration management (SCM)
Keeping track of what to protect and if systems are up to date and functional is the core of asset management and configuration management. Asset management is primarily concerned with the acquiring, managing, tracking and disposing of physical devices — such as laptops, phones and software. It is however not limited to IT and can encompass buildings, equipment, financial assets, people and knowledge as well. Asset Management tracks the physical, logistical, and financial aspects of each asset over its lifecycle (from acquisition to disposal). Physical assets typically have financial value that will depreciate over time, warranty information, and customer support information.
Configuration management on the other hand is concerned with the use and configuration of service assets, rather than managing their costs or contracts, ownership, and disposal. Configuration Items (CI) don’t have to be a physical object — they can also be services like bookkeeping and software. Configuration management is primarily a technical or engineering practice rather than asset management, which is more of a business process. There are two critical aspects of configuration management:
- Service configuration: the assets that comprise a service and how they are connected.
- Item-level configuration: the technical configuration of the item itself. For example, in the case of a server, it’s operating system, patches, memory, disk drive capacity, and so forth.
Both asset management and configuration management are an important part of risk management and protection. In the case of cybersecurity, unpatched software and systems are a key entry point for hackers, and the more (uncontrolled) assets you have the bigger the surface to protect. Keeping a good asset inventory and installing patches against vulnerabilities help safeguarding operations.
Keywords: asset manager, enterprise asset management (EAM), life cycle management, software asset management, IT asset management, computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), ITIL, IT Service Management (ITSM), software configuration management (SCM)
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