Cryptographic Inventory and CBOM

Cryptographic inventory that supports governed action.

Cryptographic inventory is the foundation of cryptographic governance. Organisations need to know which cryptographic assets exist, where they are used, which systems and business services depend on them, and what must change.

CipherWyze helps turn cryptographic inventory and CBOM inputs into a governed operating view for risk, ownership, remediation and evidence.

Inventory-to-governance flow
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Discovery / CBOM inputs
02
Enriched cryptographic inventory
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Ownership and business context
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Prioritisation
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Remediation
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Evidence and reporting
Why it matters

Cryptography is spread across the enterprise technology estate.

Most organisations use cryptography across many layers of the enterprise technology estate. Without a cryptographic inventory, organisations cannot confidently plan PQC transition, manage certificate risk, assess algorithm exposure or evidence cryptographic resilience.

Certificates and PKI
TLS and protocols
Applications and APIs
Identity and access systems
Software libraries
Cloud services
Key management and data protection systems
Embedded systems and operational technology
Long-lived data stores
Payment, messaging and trust infrastructure
Ten questions inventory should answer

What a cryptographic inventory should help answer.

The aim is not to create a static list. The aim is to create an operating view that supports governance.

  • 01What cryptography do we use?
  • 02Where is it used?
  • 03Which systems and business services depend on it?
  • 04Who owns each asset or dependency?
  • 05Which assets are approaching expiry or end of life?
  • 06Which algorithms, certificates, keys, protocols and libraries are in scope?
  • 07Which assets are exposed to known or emerging risk?
  • 08What needs remediation?
  • 09What evidence exists?
  • 10What is the status of action?
CBOM

CBOM provides structure. Governance creates action.

A Cryptographic Bill of Materials can help represent cryptographic assets and their relationship to software components and systems.

CBOM can support visibility into:

  • Algorithms
  • Certificates
  • Keys
  • Protocols
  • Cryptographic libraries
  • Software dependencies
  • Deprecated or exposed cryptography
  • Areas requiring quantum-safe transition planning

But CBOM is not the end state. The real value comes when CBOM and discovery data are connected to ownership, business context, risk decisions, remediation work and evidence.

From inventory to governance

Move from a list of assets to a living governance record.

  • Enriched cryptographic asset records
  • System and business-service context
  • Ownership mapping
  • Exposure and readiness classification
  • Prioritisation
  • Remediation tracking
  • Evidence capture
  • Executive reporting
  • Continuous enrichment

The result is a living governance record, not a one-time discovery output.

Where inventory supports the business

One inventory. Multiple governance outcomes.

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PQC transition planning
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Certificate governance
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TLS modernisation
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Cryptographic risk management
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Algorithm deprecation planning
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Audit and regulatory evidence
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Digital operational resilience
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Executive oversight
Get visibility

Start with visibility. Move to governed action.

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