We work with all the leading auditing software vendors and can offer a tailored auditing solution for your network. We can also provide trained audit consultants to assist in the completion of a successful audit, and we will configure the software to continue to audit your environment on a regular basis without any additional effort required. This provides you with an accurate inventory, which continues to update itself as new computers or applications are added. Read More...


A periodic health check provides you with the confidence that your audit system is running smoothly, and that all machines in your environment are included in the audit. Published patches and application updates will also be installed under this service. With the constantly changing face of IT, making sure your audit tool is providing you with 100% coverage of all your machines and sites can be difficult. Do you know what the latest patches / fixes for your audit tool are or even what version you currently have? Using our health check service, we will make sure you continue to get the most from your audit tool. During the health check we will: Review your existing installation to make sure all sites / machines are included Check licensing requirements Perform basic maintenance tasks (such as reindexing databases etc) Apply published patches Update the application list with vendors latest version Identify training requirement

The best audit tool will identify around 80% of the applications in a typical environment. We can teach the audit tool about the custom or bespoke applications or newly released applications that exist in your company, ensuring the audit is as close to 100% accurate as possible. The accuracy of audit tools varies depending on the tool itself and the environment into which it is installed. Typically, audit tools will provide between 50% and 80% recognition 'out of the box'. While this cuts down on the amount of manual work required for an audit, to ensure proper software management and to meet the requirements of software vendors such as Microsoft, or organisations like FAST or the BSA, this figure needs to be closer to 100%. Most audit tools allow you to add custom or bespoke applications to the recognised software list, but this process can take time. Our team of consultants can reduce the time required to provide 100% recognition. Because of our familiarity with standard audit tools and our experience in providing inventory solutions, we can quickly and accurately add custom applications to improve the recognition of your audit software.


As industry members of the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) we can assist in the daunting task of receiving FAST certification. Our services and software can form the basis of a successful compliance program. The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) provides a certification program to help companies achieve effective software management. The basic steps of the certification program are:
Create and implement software management policy
Undertake a full software audit using a commercially available product
Full reconciliation of software found against licences, take required action - purchase new licences or delete as appropriate.
Implement procedures for ongoing management, e.g. software licence metering.
Audit Certification Awarded

Ensign can help companies work through the stages of accreditation. Click here for more information


To help you get the most from your audit tool, Ensign run basic and advanced training courses on a regular basis. These courses can either be held at our training office in Andover, at your site or at a convenient location. For more details on our training courses, including scheduled dates, please click on the training link above. To ensure you get the most out of your audit tool, Ensign provide regular training courses. Depending on the product, training courses run for 1 or 2 days and provide your staff with the knowledge and confidence to configure, manage and maintain your audit tool. Training can often mean the difference between a successful and a failed audit. Please click here for dates of scheduled training courses.