Abstract: A method of managing discovered information and ownership information for a plurality of assets includes defining matching rules for matching a plurality of discovery records with a plurality of ownership records. The discovery records include information about a plurality of assets discovered during a network scan. The ownership records include information about the plurality of assets entered when the assets were acquired. The matching rules specify a first field included in each of the plurality of discovery records to be matched with a second field included in each of ownership records. The matching rules are applied to match one of the plurality of discovery records to one of the plurality of ownership records and create a matched record. The matched record includes a first pointer to the one of the plurality of discovery records and a second pointer to the one of the plurality of ownership records.