// THREAT DETECTION AND DATA PRIVACY TERM
Asset
An asset is any person, information, equipment, or facility that has value to a military or intelligence organization and requires protection. This can range from a human intelligence source (a spy) to a satellite, a database of secrets, or a military base.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Within military and intelligence contexts, an asset is a designated resource, entity, or capability vital for operations, requiring protection or management. This encompasses human intelligence (HUMINT) sources, signals intelligence (SIGINT) platforms, critical infrastructure, weapons systems, classified data, and high-value personnel targeted for security or exploitation.
BACKGROUND
Computer security is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It focuses on protecting computer software, systems, and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized information disclosure, theft, or damage to hardware, software, or data, as well as to the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.
READ MORE ON WIKIPEDIASYNONYMS & ALIASES
- resource
- high-value target (HVT)
- intelligence source
- key resource
- protected entity
- capability
- critical infrastructure
USAGE NOTE
The term can refer both to a friendly resource that must be protected and an adversary's resource that is a target for collection or neutralization.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to Asset.
Provides an agentless asset visibility and security platform designed to discover, classify, and protect all managed and unmanaged devices, including IoT, OT, and medical devices.
Develops a cybersecurity asset management platform that integrates with existing security and IT tools to provide a comprehensive, always-updated inventory of all assets, users, and vulnerabilities.
Delivers a unified endpoint management and security platform that provides real-time visibility and control over every endpoint asset, enabling organizations to manage and secure them at scale.
Offers Cortex Xpanse, an attack surface management platform that continuously discovers, evaluates, and mitigates risks across all internet-facing assets and exposures.
A cloud security platform that provides a comprehensive inventory of all cloud assets (workloads, identities, data) and their relationships, creating a graph-based view of risks.
Provides InsightVM and other solutions that incorporate asset discovery and inventory as a foundational step for vulnerability management, risk assessment, and incident detection.
The Falcon platform includes 'Falcon Discover', a security hygiene module that provides real-time visibility into all assets, users, and applications across an organization's environment.
Specializes in automated cybersecurity that provides continuous, agentless discovery, classification, and assessment of every IP-connected asset on a network.
Offers a CyberSecurity Asset Management (CSAM) solution that continuously inventories all known and unknown assets, enriches the data, and enables response actions.