--- title: Central IT administration canonical: https://www.secnostic.com/en/solutions/it language: en dateModified: 2026-08-23 alternate-de: https://www.secnostic.com/de/solutions/it --- # Central IT administration - URL: https://www.secnostic.com/en/solutions/it - Audience: Asset overview for hybrid IT - Positioning: IT estate under control One current data baseline for endpoints, servers, cloud, SaaS, identities, software, and ownership. So IT operations, security, and the service desk work from the same facts. **Many sources, one reconciled asset** Your estate is already described many times over, just inconsistently. Frameworks like [ISO 27001](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001) and the [CIS Controls](https://www.cisecurity.org/insights/white-papers/cis-critical-security-controls-v8-1) put a maintained inventory with a clear owner first. Unknown systems, stale records, and blind spots between [IT and OT](https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/foundations-ot-cybersecurity-asset-inventory-guidance-owners-and-operators) turn that into a continuous operating task. **Situation.** IT teams decide every day on changes, incidents, patch windows, access, network areas, and audits. When Entra ID, Active Directory, EDR, MDM, cloud, virtualization, and ITSM each tell their own truth, every decision gets slower and riskier. **Challenges** - patchy inventories across endpoints, servers, cloud resources, SaaS, and software - unclear owners for systems, applications, groups, service accounts, and network areas - EOL/EOS systems, open vulnerabilities, and changes that lack context - unknown systems and communication paths at the boundaries between IT and OT - audit and management questions nobody can answer without manual digging **Approach.** secnostic connects signals from identity, endpoints, cloud, virtualization, software, vulnerability scans, ITSM, and networks into a reconciled asset graph. Ownership, lifecycle, risk, dependencies, and evidence grow with it continuously. **Outcomes** - faster decisions on changes and incidents - clear ownership for assets, applications, and access - visible gaps between managed IT and observed assets - continuous proof for ISO 27001, NIS2, and management questions **What remains unresolved without a shared view** Separate tools create duplicate records, open ownership questions, and audits done by hand. - **Shadow IT and stale records**: Unknown applications, duplicate records, and retired systems distort the operating picture. - **Cloud resources without context**: Resources run with no link to owner, usage, service, or dependent systems. - **EOL/EOS and open gaps**: End-of-support systems and unpatched assets stay attack surface until someone finds them. - **No one is responsible**: Without a clear owner, orphaned accounts, legacy systems, and exceptions remain unaddressed. **Many sources, one model** Entra ID, Active Directory, EDR, MDM, virtualization, cloud, CMDB, and scanners all describe the same asset, often inconsistently. secnostic reconciles them into one node that keeps its source and timestamp. That node carries the owner, site and zone, software and version, lifecycle, vulnerabilities, and the EDR and MDM coverage. A flat list becomes a model where impact and ownership are clear. **One model, four roles** The same data answers the questions of IT operations, security, compliance, and the service desk. - **IT operations**: Check the estate: Endpoints, servers, cloud resources, and observed network assets become visible together.; Map dependencies: Services, owners, sites, and communication paths share the same asset model.; Plan changes: Impact and ownership are known before a change, not only during an incident.; Track state: Lifecycle, agent coverage, and open tasks stay traceable on the affected asset. - **Security**: Check coverage: Devices without EDR or MDM management are identified against the inventory.; Attack surface: Exposed and unpatched assets are tied to usage and criticality.; Prioritize: Vulnerabilities are sorted by impact and owner, not by list.; Hand over: focusAlert takes critical gaps to the right person, with context. - **Compliance / audit**: Inventory: A maintained asset inventory with a named owner meets the frameworks' baseline requirement.; Map: Requirements from ISO 27001, NIS2, and the CIS Controls are anchored to real assets.; Prove: Evidence comes from operations, not from a spreadsheet just before the deadline.; Keep current: Scheduled syncs keep the picture, and with it the evidence, current. - **Service desk / ITSM**: Dedupe: Conflicting records merge into one asset with source and timestamp.; Clarify ownership: Every asset and every service account gets a named owner.; Changes: Dependencies are known before a change, not only during the incident.; Maintain: The CMDB stays clean because data quality becomes a visible task. **Deployment steps** 1. **Connect sources**: Identity providers, Active Directory, EDR, MDM, cloud, virtualization, ITSM, and existing lists provide signals instead of new silos. 2. **Reconcile the estate**: Multiple records become one asset with source, timestamp, confidence, owner, and lifecycle state. 3. **Expose blind spots**: The sensor adds live signals from networks and segments where classic IT management tools miss devices, services, or communication paths. 4. **Prioritize risk**: Vulnerabilities, EOL/EOS, missing owners, and access issues are ranked by criticality, usage, and service context. 5. **Close workflows**: Exceptions become tasks, evidence, or ITSM tickets without forcing teams to maintain the same facts in several tools. **What becomes visible** - **Asset and service graph**: Endpoints, servers, cloud resources, applications, identities, owners, and dependencies become one connected operating picture. - **Lifecycle and operating state**: Teams see EOL/EOS, outdated software, missing agents, unknown systems, and open ownership in one current picture. - **Risk and access**: Vulnerabilities, privileged roles, service accounts, and exposed systems are connected to usage and accountability. - **Evidence and work**: Audit questions, management reports, and operational tasks use the same current data baseline. **FAQ** - Q: Does this replace our CMDB? A: No. It improves CMDB, ITSM, and security processes by reconciling data sources and exposing gaps between managed and observed assets. Existing target systems can stay in place. - Q: Which sources are connected first? A: Most projects start with identity, endpoint management, EDR, cloud, virtualization, vulnerability scanners, and ITSM. The first scope follows the most urgent operational question. - Q: Is this only about compliance? A: No. Compliance uses the same data, but the daily value is change planning, incident triage, ownership clarity, IT/OT boundaries, and less manual research. - Q: How does the data stay trustworthy? A: Every fact keeps its source, timestamp, and context. Conflicts are not hidden; they become data quality or ownership work. **Sources** - [Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2025](https://www.verizon.com/about/news/2025-data-breach-investigations-report): Verizon 2025 report on security incidents, confirmed data breaches, and observed attack vectors. - [NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0](https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/cswp/29/the-nist-cybersecurity-framework-csf-20/final): Final NIST publication of Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 with governance, risk, and asset context. - [CIS Critical Security Controls v8.1](https://www.cisecurity.org/insights/white-papers/cis-critical-security-controls-v8-1): Center for Internet Security publication for CIS Critical Security Controls v8.1. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022](https://www.iso.org/standard/27001): Official ISO page for ISO/IEC 27001:2022 information security management systems. - [EU NIS2 directive](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2555): Consolidated text of EU Directive 2022/2555 (NIS2) on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union. - [Microsoft Entra identity providers](https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/entra/external-id/identity-providers): Microsoft documentation on identity providers in Entra External ID. - [Microsoft AD DS](https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/get-started/virtual-dc/active-directory-domain-services-overview): Microsoft documentation on Active Directory Domain Services. - [Microsoft virtualization](https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/resources/cloud-computing-dictionary/what-is-virtualization): Microsoft cloud computing dictionary entry on virtualization. - [CISA OT asset inventory guidance](https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/foundations-ot-cybersecurity-asset-inventory-guidance-owners-and-operators): Joint agency guidance published in August 2025 on building an OT asset inventory with taxonomy, data management, and lifecycle maintenance.