Software Inventory Management is the continuous process of discovering, tracking, and maintaining visibility of all software installed across an organization’s endpoints, servers, cloud workloads, and virtual environments. The service provides an accurate and centralized view of installed applications, versions, dependencies, and usage patterns, enabling effective security, compliance, and operational decision-making. The assessment identifies authorized and unauthorized software, outdated or unsupported applications, end-of-life components, and shadow IT introduced outside approved processes. Software metadata is continuously updated to reflect version changes, newly installed applications, and removed components. From a security perspective, software inventory forms the foundation for vulnerability management, patch management, license compliance, and incident response, ensuring that security teams always know what is running, where it is running, and whether it poses a risk. The service aligns with NIST asset management practices, ISO 27001 controls, CERT-In advisories, and regulatory expectations, supporting both security posture improvement and audit readiness.