Asset

In financial accounting, an asset is an economic resource. Anything tangible or intangible that can be owned or controlled to produce value and that is held to have positive economic value is considered an asset. Simply stated, assets represent value of ownership that can be converted into cash (although cash itself is also considered an asset).

The balance sheet of a firm records the monetary value of the assets owned by the firm. It is money and other valuables belonging to an individual or business. Two major asset classes are tangible assets and intangible assets. Tangible assets contain various subclasses, including current assets and fixed assets. Current assets include inventory, while fixed assets include such items as buildings and equipment.

Intangible assets are nonphysical resources and rights that have a value to the firm because they give the firm some kind of advantage in the market place. Examples of intangible assets are goodwill, copyrights, trademarks, patents and computer programs, and financial assets, including such items as accounts receivable, bonds and stocks.

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Asset (disambiguation)

An asset is an economic resource, or something of value.

ASSET or Asset may also refer to:

Business

Asset, something possessed by a business entity from which future economic benefits may be obtained

Employability asset, a person's knowledge, skills and attitudes

Economics

Asset (economics), a durable good which is not fully depreciated to zero value after the current period of analysis

Intelligence

Asset (intelligence), an outside person who provides intelligence

Military

Military asset, a weapon or means of production of weapons or other defensive or offensive devices or capabilities

Space

ASSET (spacecraft), an experimental U.S. reentry vehicle

Computing

Asset (computer security), an asset in Computer security context

Digital assets, the graphics, audio, maps, and other artistic data that go into media, particularly interactive media such as video games

Entertainment

Asset (web series), a web series about a Canadian who is tricked into working for the C.I.A. on a mission in Prague.

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Asset (computer security)

In information security, computer security and network security an Asset is any data, device, or other component of the environment that supports information-related activities. Assets generally include hardware (e.g. servers and switches), software (e.g. mission critical applications and support systems) and confidential information. Assets should be protected from illicit access, use, disclosure, alteration, destruction, and/or theft, resulting in loss to the organization.

The CIA Triad

The goal of Information Security is to ensure the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of assets from various threats. For example, a hacker might attack a system in order to steal credit card numbers by exploiting a vulnerability. Information Security experts must assess the likely impact of an attack and employ appropriate countermeasures. In this case they might put up a firewall and encrypt their credit card numbers.

Risk analysis

When performing risk analysis it is important to weigh how much to spend protecting each asset against the cost of losing the asset. It is also important to take into account the chance of each loss occurring. Intangible costs must also be factored in. If a hacker makes a copy of all a company's credit card numbers it does not cost them anything directly but the loss in fines and reputation can be enormous.

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Agri

Agri may refer to:

Places

Ağrı Province, in eastern Turkey

Ağrı, the capital city of the province

Ağrı, the Turkish name for Mount Ararat in Turkey

Agri (river), in southern Italy

Ağrı, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality

People

Agri (Maeotae), an ancient tribe in the Caucasus region

Antonio Agri (1932–1998), Argentine classical and tango violinist

Syaffarizal Mursalin Agri (born 1992), Indonesian footballer

Other uses

Agri caste, a Hindu caste in the state of Gujarat, India

Agri Broadcast Network, a former radio network in Ohio, United States

European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)

Azerbaijan–Georgia–Romania Interconnector (AGRI), a proposed project to transport Azerbaijani natural gas to Romania and further to Central Europe

Agriș

Agriş (Hungarian: Egri; Hungarian pronunciation: [ɛɡri]) is a commune located in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Agriş and Ciuperceni (Gombástanya). Formerly part of Botiz Commune, the villages were split off in 2004 to form the separate commune of Agriş.