# Inventory Overview

When resources across multiple cloud environments are integrated with Apono, you may face the challenge of efficiently managing access to all cloud resources.

Apono cloud inventory management transforms this complexity into a streamlined experience.

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### The Inventory Page: Your Centralized Resource Hub

At the heart of Apono's cloud inventory management is the **Inventory** page - a powerful centralized hub that breaks down the barriers between different cloud environments. Whether you're managing AWS instances, Google Cloud resources, Azure resources, or Kubernetes clusters, everything is consolidated into a comprehensive list.

This unified approach eliminates searching for resources within each integration.

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### Resource Discovery and Details

Do you need to find all production resources with read permissions?

The unified resource view offers sophisticated filtering capabilities that work across your entire cloud ecosystem. A few clicks will instantly surface every matching resource across all your cloud platforms.

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Each resource entry is enriched with detailed metadata, providing immediate insights into critical aspects such as resource paths, owners, cloud-sourced tags, and existing entitlements.

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### **Components**

<table><thead><tr><th width="190">Feature</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Resource Metadata</strong></td><td>Comprehensive information, including full path details, ownership information, and cloud-native tags</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Cross-environment Resource Search</strong></td><td>Advanced filtering with flexible operators (contains, equals, starts with) that work uniformly across all integrated cloud platforms</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Access Scopes</strong></td><td><p>Ability to transform filtered resource views into self-updating groups that automatically incorporate newly discovered resources matching defined criteria</p><p>These are ideal for building consistent access flows and maintaining resource oversight.</p></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Risk Scores</strong></td><td>Indicator highlighting the potential security impact of a resource ad its entitlements<br><br>These scores are ideal for evaluating and managing access risk across your cloud infrastructure.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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### Learn More

Want to learn more about leveraging these features for your organization? Read these following articles.

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[inventory](https://docs.apono.io/docs/inventory/inventory)
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[access-scopes](https://docs.apono.io/docs/inventory/access-scopes)
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[risk-scores](https://docs.apono.io/docs/inventory/risk-scores)
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