1. The Challenge

Southern Communications Group manages a large and diverse IT environment spanning multiple business units.
Over time, asset data had become fragmented across different tools, spreadsheets, and teams — each holding partial or outdated information.

This created critical issues such as:

• incomplete visibility of devices and applications
• inconsistent data ownership
• difficulty identifying unmanaged or high-risk assets
• inefficiencies during audits or compliance reporting

SCG needed a unified, accurate view of their asset estate to strengthen security, reduce operational friction, and improve oversight.

2. Our Approach

Peritus delivered a targeted asset visibility and security uplift project, focused on consolidating data sources and building a single, reliable asset inventory.

Our work included:

• Integrating data from multiple tools to create a unified asset view
• Identifying duplicates, stale entries, or unmanaged devices
• Mapping assets to users, departments, and business functions
• Highlighting high-risk or unmonitored assets
• Establishing a repeatable process for ongoing asset governance
• Providing recommendations for tooling, ownership, and security controls

This gave SCG clarity on what they owned, where risks existed, and how to maintain accurate visibility going forward.

3. The Outcome

The project delivered a measurable improvement in operational efficiency and security confidence:

• A single, accurate asset inventory covering all major device categories
• Removal of blind spots, including unmanaged or unknown assets
• Clearer ownership for asset lifecycle management
• Improved security posture through visibility-driven risk reduction
• Faster and more accurate audit and compliance reporting
• A scalable process SCG can rely on as the organisation grows

Peritus helped transform asset management from a manual, fragmented process into a structured, dependable function.

“Working with Peritus gave us the clarity we needed across our asset estate. Their structured approach uncovered gaps we weren’t aware of and helped us create a more reliable, secure, and efficient process.
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— Technology Director, SCG

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