Question

Q; What are the asset of a university and what kind of issues should be mentioned in a public security policy if this asset should be protected?

Answer 1

Solution for the problem is provided below, please comment if any doubts:

Assets of a university:

• The items that have either physical existence or not have a cost or a reliably measured value and the measured cost should be above a reasonable threshold value.
• There are mainly two categories of assets can be there in a university, tangible and intangible.
• Those having physical existence like buildings, books, computers and other IT equipments, etc are called tangible assets.
• Those don’t have a physical existence but have a value such as patents and other intellectual properties, software, etc are called intangible assets.

Issues that should be mentioned in public security policy:

• The misuse of the assets should be mentioned in public security policy.
• The consequence or actions that will be executed if the employees of the university use the assets for purposes that not related to the university.
• Physical security measures to be taken to strengthen the security of the physical assets should be mentioned.
• Intellectual property rights and their preservation measures should be mentioned.
• Issues related to financial burden on assets should be mentioned.