After a flood damages city hall, recovery stalls because the city cannot list which servers, badges, and workstations existed in the building. What capability was missing?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
You cannot rebuild what you cannot name. A living inventory of servers, badges, and workstations is the packing list for disaster recovery and the attendance sheet for accountability. After a flood, "we think we had some boxes upstairs" is not an asset program.
Full Explanation
Tangible asset inventory records physical items—hardware, badges, media, and similar property—so organizations can account for them, insure them, and restore operations after loss. Incomplete inventories hinder incident response, insurance claims, and replacement prioritization. Asset management should update the inventory throughout the lifecycle, not only at purchase.