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Inventory Review

The organization shall conduct periodic reviews of application inventory activities to ensure their effectiveness, efficiency, and alignment with organizational needs. Reviews shall evaluate registration, classification, and validation processes against established criteria and best practices, identifying opportunities for inventory improvement.

Requirement ID
APP-002-R009
Parent Control
APP-002
Domain Code
APP

Requirement Details & Guidance

APP-002-R009 · APP-002
Why This Requirement Exists

A complete application inventory and risk classification allow security controls to be proportionate to business and technical impact.

Implementation Guidance

Maintain an inventory of applications, owners, environments, data handled, dependencies, exposure, and criticality. Assign risk tiers that drive security requirements.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

APP-002-R009 · Field Guidance

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    Common Audit Findings

      Common Mistakes

        Best Practices & Ownership

        APP-002 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 02 – Inventory and Control of Software Assets: 2.1 – Establish and Maintain a Software Inventory
          CIS
          Best Practice
          		 vv8 View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.3 – Build, Acquire and Implement (BAI) > BAI03 – Managed Solutions Identification and Build > BAI03.10 – Maintain solutions.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          		 v2019 View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 7 – ICT systems, protocols and tools Article 8(4) – Identification and mapping of critical information/ICT assets, configurations and interdependencies
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement... Clause: § 164.308(a)(1) Standard: Technology asset inventory
          US
          Law
          		 vCurrent View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.2-3.2.2.2 – Asset Inventory
          India
          Guideline
          		 vLatest View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(e) – Security in network and information systems acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling and disclosure Article 21(2)(f) – Policies and procedures to assess the effectiveness of cybersecurity risk-management measures
          EU
          Directive
          		 vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.PS – Platform Security | PR.PS-06 – Secure software development practices are integrated, and their performance is monitored throughout the software development life cycle PR.PS – Platform Security | PR.PS-01 – Configuration management practices are established and applied
          NIST
          Framework
          		 v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.5 – CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT; CM-8 – SYSTEM COMPONENT INVENTORY
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          		 vRev. 5 View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Application Security Life Cycle
          India
          Standard
          		 vLatest View →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 6.1.1 – All security policies and operational procedures that are identified in Requirement 6 are documented, kept up to date, in use, and known to all affected parties.; 6.2.1 – Bespoke and custom software are developed
          PCI
          Standard
          		 v4 View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 1) Inventory Management of Business IT Assets – 1.1 Asset inventory incl. business/customer data, applications, infrastructure, facilities, key personnel and criticality; 6) Application Security Life Cycle (ASLC) – 6.1 Information security across all application lifecycle stages
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.4 PR.IP: Information Protection Processes and Procedures
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC2.1 – Information and Communication – COSO Principle 13: The entity obtains or generates and uses relevant, quality information to support the functioning of internal control. CC4.1 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 16: The entity selects, develops, and performs ongoing and/or separate evaluations to ascertain whether the components of internal control are present and functioning.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          		 vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Application Security (APP)
          Purpose:
          To ensure the security of internally developed and acquired applications.
          Scope:
          Enterprise
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          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Application Inventory (APP-002)
          Summary:
          Establishes application inventory including registration, classification, ownership, lifecycle status, validation, monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement for application assets.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain a complete inventory of business, commercial, internally developed, third-party, SaaS, and custom applications throughout their lifecycle.
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