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Asset

An asset can be anything an organisation deems critical to its success or continued operation. Loss of assets would mean proper functioning becomes impaired or stops altogether. Assets need to be identified, prioritised and protected. They can be people, information, equipment, or places; assets can be tangible or intangible, for example reputation. Essentially, an asset is what we are trying to protect.

Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): an investment made by a company or individual in one country in business interests in another country. The aim being to establish a controlling interest or acquiring business assets

Vulnerability

Vulnerability is how inherently prone an asset is to the threat. It considers what measures are in place to protect the asset, as well as the state of those measures. A vulnerability could be exploited by threat actors

Security-Mindedness

In relation to built assets, security mindedness is the adoption of appropriate and proportionate measures to reduce the risk of loss or disclosure of information which could impact on the safety or security of: personnel and other occupants or users; the asset itself; asset information; the benefits the asset exists to deliver

Security Engineering

The design and application of physical, personnel and cyber protective security measures to protect assets and operations against malicious attacks such as terrorism, espionage and crime

Risk

Risk is a situation that could occur as a result of the threat and vulnerability, causing loss to or damage of the asset. Risks are what your protective security measures are designed to reduce or remove – in other words, what those measures are designed to mitigate.

Insider

A person who exploits, or has the intention to exploit, their legitimate access to an organisation’s assets for unauthorised purposes

Physical Security

Refers to measures designed to ensure the physical protection of people, property and assets from actions and events that could cause damage or loss

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