Critical Assets

Critical assets are the organizational resources vital to maintain operations and achieve its objectives. A critical asset, when disrupted or caused to fail, impacts the organization's business operations. Critical assets include human resources, facilities, technical and technological infrastructure, data, and the supply chain.

Within Critical Assets are:

  • Contacts: A person identified by an organization as someone who needs to be notified in the event of a risk, threat, or incident. These individuals may be employees, customers, suppliers, vendors, or contractors.

  • Facilities: Premises such as office buildings, schools, hospitals, laboratories, or government institutions that host people, systems, and data.

  • Equipment: Any kind of machine, apparatus, or appliance, such as mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing used for operations or maintenance.

  • Supply chains: Everything from the delivery of source materials to its eventual delivery to the end user.

  • IT CM: IT processes and services that involve access management, network configuration, business communication, and software deployment.

Related Concepts

Portal Settings

Related Tasks

Create a Contact

Create a Contact Filter

Create a Contact Group

Create a SafetyFirst Member

Add a Facility

Add Equipment

Add a Supply Chain

Add IT Processes and Services

Create and Manage Assets