A company has decided that they need to begin maintaining assets deployed in the enterprise. What approach should be followed to determine and maintain ownership information to bring the company into

An enterprise asset management (EAM) framework provides a comprehensive, policy-driven approach to discovering, classifying, assigning ownership, and continuously maintaining asset records across the organization. It aligns with industry standards such as CIS Controls (Control 1: Inventory and Control of Enterprise Assets) and ISO 55000, ensuring governance and compliance are built into the process rather than bolted on. This structured approach addresses the full asset lifecycle, not just point-in-time snapshots.

Using a commercial off-the-shelf software baseline alone addresses asset inventory tooling but does not define the governance processes, ownership assignment policies, or compliance workflows needed to maintain ownership information over time.

Domain login records reflect user authentication activity, not asset ownership; an asset may be logged into by multiple users or service accounts, making login records an unreliable and incomplete source for determining true asset ownership.

A script reporting active user logins is a reactive, ad-hoc mechanism that captures only currently logged-in users at a point in time and provides no structured ownership attribution, historical tracking, or compliance reporting capability.