Electronic inventory and asset control

- [Instructor] Any item of value to an organization…is known as an asset.…These include things like physical devices,…such as a computer or a server,…but also things that are not physical,…like information and data.…While it may be easy to notice that a desktop computer…has been carried out the front door of your company,…it may not be as easy to know when…your data or information has been taken…outside your organization.…An important first step of asset control…is to ensure that you have a good,…complete inventory of all of your physical assets,…including your servers, computers,…routers, switches, firewalls, laptops,…and external storage devices like USB thumb drives…and hard drives.…

While conducting these physical inventories…can be time consuming,…they're essential to good asset control.…Portable storage devices like USB thumb drives,…external hard drives, CDs, and DVDs…pose an additional risk to your information.…CDs and DVDs are not often inventoried,…but they can be used to steal information…from within your company.…