Question 1

What is ICT inventory management?

Accepted Answer

ICT inventory management is the practice of maintaining a live, accurate register of every information and communication technology asset an organisation operates — including systems, APIs, microservices, AI agents, MCP servers, datasets, and the teams that own them. For regulated entities under DORA and ISO 27001, a comprehensive and continuously maintained asset inventory is a formal compliance requirement.

Question 2

How do I build a live ICT asset inventory that includes AI agents and MCP servers?

Accepted Answer

Ethira ingests from your cloud provider APIs, service mesh observability, HRIS, SSO, and CI/CD pipelines to discover and catalogue every asset automatically — including AI agents, MCP servers, microservices, systems, and datasets. New assets are added to the inventory within minutes of deployment without any manual tagging, and the relationship graph between assets is maintained in real time.

Question 3

What is a relationship graph in the context of ICT inventory?

Accepted Answer

A relationship graph maps every asset as a node and every dependency, ownership link, or data flow as an edge. In Ethira's ICT inventory, the graph shows how AI agents connect to MCP servers, how microservices depend on systems, which datasets flow between services, and which team owns each cluster of assets. This makes it possible to answer dependency and blast-radius questions instantly rather than reconstructing the picture on demand.

Question 4

How does Ethira handle orphaned assets when team members leave?

Accepted Answer

Ownership is tracked as a first-class property of each asset in Ethira's inventory. When an owner leaves or a team reorgs, Ethira surfaces every asset that has lost a named owner and queues it for re-assignment. A full historical ownership record is preserved for every asset, so there is always a complete trail for regulatory review regardless of staff turnover.

Question 5

Does Ethira's ICT inventory satisfy DORA and ISO 27001 asset register requirements?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Ethira's live inventory is continuously mapped to the DORA ICT risk management requirements under Chapter II, the ISO 27001 asset register requirement under Annex A.8, and the AI system documentation requirements under the EU AI Act. Evidence packs are generated automatically and are exportable on demand in the format your auditor or supervisory authority expects — no manual rebuild required.

Every asset. Every relationship. Mapped live.

No live picture of what's actually running

Relationships between assets are completely invisible

Ownership goes stale and nobody notices

The capabilities

Build the inventory your auditors and engineers have both been asking for.