Every new laptop, server, cloud account, container image or software license is a new asset to protect. Secure provisioning means bringing those resources into the environment in a known, approved and trackable state. Asset inventory means knowing at all times what you have, who owns it, where it is and what state it is in. Together they prevent the unknown, unmanaged systems that attackers love to find.
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