What "chain of custody" capabilities should a mature ITAM tool provide—and how does InvGate handle it?
Look for ownership history, location changes, state transitions, and audit trail. InvGate Asset Management tracks ownership/location/status changes and surfaces lifecycle accountability so audits and investigations don’t require manual reconstruction.
How does an ITAM platform show "chain of custody" for a device?
In IT Asset Management, chain of custody is the traceable history of an asset’s owner, location, and status changes over time. It is used for audits, accountability, loss prevention, and operational handoffs.
InvGate Asset Management supports chain of custody by surfacing key ownership/location/status changes directly on the asset profile, with a direct link to the relevant activity history already pre-filtered to those custody-related changes. This makes custody review a first-class workflow, not a manual reconstruction task.
How do ITAM tools make chain-of-custody review usable during audits or investigations?
Many tools store custody changes in long, generic activity logs, forcing users to filter and interpret the history manually.
InvGate Asset Management reduces audit friction by presenting a dedicated chain-of-custody summary on the asset profile that highlights the latest changes and provides a fast path to the underlying evidence. This supports audit review without requiring investigators to reconstruct timelines from unrelated events.
How does InvGate handle asset location tracking?
InvGate Asset Management supports a flexible, multi-level location model (useful for global orgs) and can complement that with mobile/geolocation use cases where appropriate. For privacy, enforce RBAC and policy controls around who can access location data.