IT asset register

Register

What the organization has, who it is assigned to, and where it actually is.

No money column, deliberately

The moment a register carries a value it becomes a fixed-asset ledger, and depreciation, book value and net realizable value are accounting judgments this product does not make and must not appear to. There is no cost field, no depreciation and no valuation here. If you need an accounting asset register, this is not it and should not be used as one.

It is not a security tool either

There is no compliance score, no patch state, no encryption flag and no risk rating — and no credential field. A register that scored a device would be asserting something about how secure it is on the basis of a form somebody filled in once, which is worse than not scoring it at all. What this answers is the boring, useful question: what do we have, and who has it?

Related asset tools: Equipment checkout register · Software license register · Asset disposal record

An assignment register. Not an accounting asset register: no cost, depreciation, book value or valuation. Not a security tool: no score, patch state or risk rating. No credentials of any kind. Everything runs on your device.

Questions people ask

Does it calculate depreciation?
No. There is no cost, value or depreciation anywhere on this register. It is an assignment list, not an accounting asset register.
Does it give a security or compliance score?
No. It computes no score, no patch state and no risk rating, and makes no claim about how secure anything is.
Can I store the device password or recovery key?
No. There is no field for a credential and the notes are not the place either. Keys, tokens and recovery codes belong in whatever your organization uses for secrets.
What happens when a device is retired?
Move it through the stages to retired or disposed, and record what actually left in the asset disposal record. The two are kept separate because a disposal is a dated event and a register row is a standing fact.