ICS Asset Inventory and Criticality Assessment and Management

ICS Asset Inventory and Criticality Assessment and Management

The fundamental of the whole ICS Cyber Security Assurance
The ICS Asset Inventory and Criticality Assessment and Management is consist of four (4) segments of activities as integrated units. These 4 activities will give the final output called Asset Inventory and Criticality Master Document (including some gap findings against the documented list & practice vs. the real condition of the assessed asset

Asset Characterization

Knowing the assets, assessing the assets, mapping it into proper criticality level of the asset as the master for the asset management in the further activities

Asset Consolidation and Inventory

Ensuring the critical assets are having initial recommended protection and treatment is one of the main goals of this activity. As it is important to ensure the validity of each listed asset into its location, responsible party, and several bound entities related to the asset inventory record

Asset Criticality Assessment & Management

Asset criticality assessment and management is dealing with the critical procedure, critical spare parts, backup and restore management, testing of the system, update & upgrade, and obsolescence management. All of those should be aligned with business strategy with safety and security concerns as the main enablers

Asset Management of Change

Asset Management of Change process is the method to always record any changes against the system (ICS environment) that correlated to the other asset management portion such as asset criticality management, as it will ensure the proper guidance and procedure are conveyed, executed, and practiced when dealing with the asset

Asset Profile Document

The Asset Profile Document is the deliverable from the ICS Asset Inventory and Criticality Assessment and Management process. This document will contain the updated, verified, and validated Asset Inventory Database covering the assessed ICS environment object. It will also include the account management and gap findings between listed inventories against the actual condition.

The Asset Profile Document acts as the reference point for the next ICS Cyber Security Assurance activities: ICS Cyber Security Risk Assessment & Management and ICS Cyber Security Audit & Assessment

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