Question 1

What does AssetSentinel reconciliation do?

Accepted Answer

AssetSentinel compares evidence from the sources you bring in, maps it to a canonical asset record, and surfaces conflicts, missing fields, and low-confidence records. The result is a prioritized work queue for the next operator decision—not another dashboard to interpret.

Question 2

How does confidence scoring work?

Accepted Answer

The score combines evidence coverage, agreement between sources, open conflicts, field completeness, and evidence freshness. Scores are grouped into low, medium, and high-confidence bands to help allocate attention; they are not a compliance verdict and do not replace human judgment.

Question 3

Which ingest sources can I use?

Accepted Answer

You can start with the exports your team already has, including multi-file CSV data, and you can add observations from the AssetSentinel Collector. Each source keeps its own identity so the reconciliation pass can explain where evidence came from.

Question 4

How does source-aware mapping work?

Accepted Answer

Before reconciliation, you confirm how source columns map to AssetSentinel’s canonical fields. That mapping is remembered for the source, so repeat imports are more consistent while still leaving the operator in control of changes.

Question 5

Can I trace a reconciled value back to its source row?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Reconciled values retain source-row lineage, including the source identity and the evidence used for the result. That lets an operator move from a canonical value to the underlying row or observation when a conflict needs investigation.

Question 6

How are organizations and tenants isolated?

Accepted Answer

AssetSentinel scopes authenticated product data to the active organization. Organization membership and role checks are enforced at the application boundary, and reads do not cross organizations, so one tenant’s assets, sources, files, and collector records are not presented to another.

Question 7

Does AssetSentinel manage SaaS or license posture?

Accepted Answer

AssetSentinel helps reconcile the evidence behind your inventory and license conversations: what was observed, where it came from, and which records need attention. It does not replace your licensing agreements, entitlement system, procurement process, or legal interpretation of software terms.

Question 8

How does it support audit readiness?

Accepted Answer

It gives your team a more usable evidence trail: source-aware mappings, reconciled values, confidence drivers, conflicts, and operator actions. That makes it easier to prepare and explain the state of an asset record, while keeping the final evidence review and audit response with your team.

Question 9

Where can I deploy the Collector?

Accepted Answer

The Collector is designed to run on infrastructure you control, including a Raspberry Pi 4, a bare Linux server, or a virtual machine. The install guide provides Docker, Docker Compose, and Portainer paths, with persistent state mounted at /var/lib/assetsentinel-collector.

Question 10

How is a Collector enrolled and secured?

Accepted Answer

An organization administrator creates a short-lived enrollment path for the host. After enrollment, the Collector uses a long-lived credential for authenticated heartbeats, observations, and configuration requests; credentials can be rotated or revoked from the organization’s collector controls.

Question 11

What does AssetSentinel not claim to do?

Accepted Answer

AssetSentinel does not claim compliance certification, automatic remediation, or a substitute for an auditor, license counsel, or security review. It organizes evidence and points to the next action so your operators can make better-informed decisions.

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