Discovery Reporting (AST-007-R008) - AST-007

Requirement Details & Guidance

AST-007-R008 · AST-007

Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to provide visibility into discovery results, unauthorized assets, reconciliation, and coverage and to support accurate, accountable, and secure asset management.

Implementation Guidance

Establish a documented process for provide visibility into discovery results, unauthorized assets, reconciliation, and coverage. Define accountable roles, required inputs and outputs, approval or validation points, evidence requirements, review frequency, and escalation criteria. Integrate the process with the authoritative asset inventory and related security, procurement, operations, and lifecycle processes. The organization should retain sufficient records to demonstrate that the requirement is operating as intended.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

AST-007-R008 · Field Guidance

Business Examples

Common Audit Findings

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Best Practices & Ownership

AST-007 · Recommended Approach

Recommended Practices

Typical Owner

Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

Harmonized Control Mappings

FRAMEWORK CODE	FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS	FAMILY / CATEGORY	VERSION	ACTION
ISO27001	ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 7.4 – Communication	ISO Standard	v2022	View →
IRDAI	IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.2-3.1 – Information asset profiling	India Guideline	vLatest	View →
RBI-CSF	RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 1) Inventory Management of Business IT Assets – 1.1 Asset inventory incl. business/customer data, applications, infrastructure, facilities, key personnel and criticality; 4) Network Management and Security – 4.2 Centralised inventory of authorised network-connected/enabling devices; 4) Network Management and Security – 4.6 Identify and block unauthorised device connections	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SEBI-CSCRF	SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 2.1 ID.AM: Asset Management	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
DORA	Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 8(4) – Identification and mapping of critical information/ICT assets, configurations and interdependencies Article 8(6) – Maintenance and periodic updating of relevant inventories	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
NIS2	NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(i) – Human resources security, access control policies and asset management	EU Directive	vCurrent	View →
PCI-DSS	PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 12.5.1 – An inventory of system components that are	PCI Standard	v4	View →
COBIT2019	COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.3 – Build, Acquire and Implement (BAI) > BAI09 – Managed Assets > BAI09.01 – Identify and record current assets.	COBIT Governance Framework	v2019	View →
NIST-CSF	NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: ID.AM – Asset Management \| ID.AM-05 – Assets are prioritized based on classification, criticality, resources, and impact on the mission ID.AM – Asset Management \| ID.AM-08 – Systems, hardware, software, services, and data are managed throughout their life cycles	NIST Framework	v2	View →
NIST80053	NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.5 – CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, 3.13 – PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; CM-8 – SYSTEM COMPONENT INVENTORY, PM-5 – SYSTEM INVENTORY	NIST Control Catalog	vRev. 5	View →
CIS-V8	CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 01 – Inventory and Control of Enterprise Assets: 1.3 – Utilize an Active Discovery Tool	CIS Best Practice	vv8	View →
SOC2	SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC2.1 – Information and Communication – COSO Principle 13: The entity obtains or generates and uses relevant, quality information to support the functioning of internal control. CC2.2 – Information and Communication – COSO Principle 14: The entity internally communicates information, including objectives and responsibilities for internal control, necessary to support the functioning of internal control.	AICPA Audit Framework	vLatest	View →

Parent Domain Context

Governance Domain Baseline

Domain Name:

Asset Management (AST)

Purpose:

To manage the lifecycle of technology assets from procurement to disposal.

Scope:

Enterprise

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Parent Control Context

Control Baseline

Control Name:

Automated Asset Discovery & Unauthorized Asset Detection (AST-007)

Summary:

Establishes automated asset discovery, continuous identification, inventory reconciliation, and unauthorized asset detection across enterprise, cloud, and remote environments.

Business Description:

Establish automated processes to continuously discover, identify, inventory, reconcile, and detect authorized and unauthorized technology assets across the enterprise environment.

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