Management Of Information Security
Management Of Information Security
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ISBN: 9781337405713
Author: WHITMAN, Michael.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 6, Problem 5E
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Value of an automated asset inventory system:

  • An automated asset inventory system will assign a high value for the risk identification process.
  • It is because; all hardware components are already identified by model, make, and location.
  • This is attributable to the fact that this denotes an initial step and it aims at finding out the assets of a firm.
  • It consists of people, processes, data, programs, hardware, and networking.
  • In this valuation, accuracy is very significant.
  • Thus, system can be reviewed by the management for the most critical times and can assess their values.

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