Editorial draft available to read. Factual and language review is pending. Examples are illustrative.
Decision and scope
Relate each digital asset to its owner, business purpose and dependencies. Include domains, repositories, hosting, email, analytics, visual libraries and external connections. Record how authorized people obtain access without placing passwords or secret keys inside the inventory itself. Distinguish business ownership from the person currently administering an account.
Illustrative example
Illustrative example: a contact form depends on hosting, private storage and notification email. The inventory identifies the owners and relationships, so a provider change triggers review of all three parts. A personal account used during development is explicitly flagged for an ownership arrangement before operational handover.
Acceptance check
Compare the list with services actually used by the site. Add renewal dates, recovery ownership and documentation locations. Accept the inventory when another authorized person can locate every critical asset and understand which business function depends on it.
Key takeaways
- Accept the inventory when another authorized person can locate every critical asset and understand which business function depends on it.