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10/06/2026 9:09 pm
TL;DR: IT asset management software is increasingly being used as a single source of truth for asset inventory, lifecycle tracking, audit preparation, and visibility across hardware, software, cloud, and even AI apps, according to Zluri. The deeper issue is that asset visibility without identity governance still leaves orphaned access, privilege creep, and shadow systems outside control.
NHIMG editorial — based on content published by Zluri: IT Teams Top 20 IT Asset Management Software - 2026
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should security teams use IT asset data in identity governance?
A: Security teams should treat IT asset data as a source of context, not as proof of control.
Q: Why do IT asset management tools still leave access risk behind?
A: They leave risk behind when they track objects but not permissions.
Q: What breaks when asset retirement is not tied to identity offboarding?
A: The break is persistence.
Practitioner guidance
- Link ITAM records to identity entitlements Join asset inventory, ownership, and access data so security teams can see which human and non-human identities are attached to each asset before reviews begin.
- Tie asset retirement to NHI offboarding Make disposal, reassignment, and contract termination trigger revocation of related service accounts, API keys, tokens, and certificates.
- Map shadow AI to approval boundaries Record every AI-connected app together with its delegated permissions, approvers, and business owner so unmanaged access cannot hide inside the asset catalogue.
What's in the full article
Zluri's full article covers the product-level detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- The full evaluation criteria used to rank each ITAM platform and why certain features were weighted more heavily than others.
- Vendor-specific feature descriptions for asset discovery, license tracking, and lifecycle workflows that implementation teams can compare side by side.
- Platform-by-platform distinctions in audit support, reporting depth, and operational fit for different asset types.
- The article's direct walkthrough of how Zluri positions IVIP, IGA, ISPM, and SaaS management inside a broader identity surface.
👉 Read Zluri's top 20 IT asset management software guide for 2026 →
IT asset management and identity visibility: what teams are missing?
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10/06/2026 9:59 pm
IT asset management has become an identity governance problem disguised as inventory management. Once an organisation uses ITAM as its primary system of record, the real question is no longer what it owns, but who or what can still operate those assets. That is especially true when service accounts, tokens, and delegated app access are attached to assets that outlive their owners. Practitioners should treat asset data as an input to governance, not as a substitute for it.
A few things that frame the scale:
- 1 in 4 organisations are already investing in dedicated NHI security capabilities, with an additional 60% planning to do so within the next twelve months, according to The State of Non-Human Identity Security.
- A separate finding shows that 85% of organisations lack full visibility into third-party vendors connected via OAuth apps, which is why inventory completeness is not the same as access visibility.
A question worth separating out:
Q: How should teams handle shadow AI inside IT asset inventories?
A: Teams should record shadow AI the same way they record any other business system, then attach the identities, approvals, and data flows that make it operational. If those access relationships are missing, the organisation knows the app exists but not whether it is authorised or reviewable.
👉 Read our full editorial: IT asset management software shows why identity data needs one source
