Glossary: Physical and Wireless Vectors, and Vulnerabilities

Inventory

Also written: asset inventory

A list of every device, VM or piece of software a company owns and manages. If you compare it with a network scan, anything that appears in the scan but not in the list is unmanaged or rogue.

Where the book teaches it

Chapter 2: Unsupported, unpatched, obsolete and unmanaged systems
Chapter 3: Ports, applications, code and the operating system
Chapter 4: Virtualization, zero-days, cryptography and credentials

Related terms

Unmanaged system Nmap VM sprawl