Asset Security and Risk Management for Charles Darwin University

Asset Security and
Risk Management
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Introduction
Asset security and risk management are referred to as a very important
mechanism for any university to secure their credential from the external
attackers (Layton 2016). It has been identified that due to lack of managerial
and functional operations the Charles Darwin University is facing huge risks
and the risks associated to the University are elaborated in this. On the
other hand, students and employee’s credentials are the most important
asset for the University that should keep safe and secured. The categories
of the assets, details of the assets, their type and owners are demonstrated
in this report addition to possible treatments for all the identified risks.

Identification of assets and
risks
 Asset Identification: The assets has been categorized into main categories
in context to CDU (Charles Darwin University) as Equipment and Information.
Asset Category Asset Details Asset Type
Equipment Violation of operating procedures Internal
Equipment Malfunctioning of software/hardware Internal
Equipment Theft of equipment External
Equipment Physical attack External
Equipment Damage to equipment due to environmental conditions External
Information Loss of data Internal
Information Unauthorized access to data by user External
Information Malicious activity External
Information Human error Internal
Information Implementation error Internal