A person, structure, facility, information, material, or process that has value is defined as what?

• A. Assets
• B. Assessment and Evaluation
• C. Atomic Energy Information
• D. Branch Office

Answer: (A)

Assets are anything that has value and requires protection. This includes people, structures, facilities, information, materials, and even processes. In security planning, identifying assets is the first step because you need to know what needs protection before you assess threats, vulnerabilities, and appropriate safeguards. The other options don’t fit this general idea: an assessment and evaluation is a process, atomic energy information is a specific type of sensitive information, and a branch office is an organizational unit.