336 Handbook of SCADA/Control Systems Security
HARDWARE INVENTORY AND CONFIGURATION
It is important to keep an inventory of hardware and software used and deployed
within the organization. To do this, the following control should be implemented:
• Hardware inventory. This is an inventory of all assets owned by the orga-
nization. It provides an overview of the hardware installed on any automated
system and may also be used tracking the ownership and status of an asset.
• Hardware conguration chart. This document provides the detail of the
congurations that are deployed on each of the individual systems in use
within the organization. This document should contain a detailed break-
down of the components installed on each host.
HARDWARE OPERA