Enterprise Key Inventory and Reporting

Add Enterprise Key Inventory and Reporting functionality to EKMF.

This will help to remove the need for a manual key inventory that organisations often manage in spreadsheets and to automate the maintenance and reporting operations, thereby removing manual processes. This will also increase accuracy of the key inventory data and the generated reports. 

Every organisation has different requirements for the fields that they have in their key inventory. Being able to support these differences will enable the organisation to tailor their key inventory for their needs and enable effective reporting with the relevant data for the organisation.

Most organisations also have data, which is relevant for the key inventory, in external directories, such as LDAP, AD, and/or cloud IAM. Being able to link to these external directories will reduce administration, remove duplication of data, and ensure data consistency between the key inventory and the external directories.

Key Inventories also contain data whose primary source is the key inventory itself. Typically, but not limited to, information relating to lifecycle management, auditing, and compliance. Being able to manage this data through creation, update, and deletion, will enable organisations to associate keys with information that isn’t available elsewhere.

Being able to view the EKMF managed, externally managed, and directly managed data, all in one place, will enable organisations to get the full picture of the information that is relevant for their keys, without having to reference multiple systems.

A key inventory’s purpose is to provide an organisation with information about its keys. Being able to create reports from the data in the key inventory will enable organisations to leverage the key inventory to inform the business about the state of their keys and take action when necessary. This includes key owners being notified about expiring keys, compliance managers being able to get reports needed to demonstrate compliance with internal and external regulations, and key managers complying with audits.