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Application Inventory: Identify What to Protect So You Don’t Miss Critical Assets

A KuppingerCole white paper on why application inventory is a foundational element of your IAM program you can’t afford to ignore

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Most IAM programs stall on the same question: which applications are we actually protecting, and who owns them?

When an organization can’t name what applications exist in their environment, who owns them, or how critical they are, IAM initiatives can morph into slow moving, manual investigations. This KuppingerCole white paper (authored by Lead Advisor Dr. Phillip Messerschmidt in partnership with Simeio) examines Application Inventory Management (AIM) as the operational foundation IAM depends on. It also looks at why treating AIM as a documentation exercise is one of the most common, and costly, mistakes any identity program can make.

Inside this white paper, you’ll learn:

  • Why an incomplete or poorly maintained application inventory undermines IAM and how that leads to increased manual effort, fragmentation, and risk.
  • How AIM and IAM share the same core drivers (efficiency, security, compliance) and why weaknesses in one are immediately inherited by the other.
  • Which attributes turn an application inventory from a reporting artifact into an operational asset enabling onboarding, lifecycle automation, and audit readiness.
  • How Simeio IO operationalizes AIM as a control plane, setting a practical path from inventory chaos to structured IAM execution.

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