information asset

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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Data and the associated software and infrastructure used to process, transmit, and store information or to produce, manufacture, or distribute products.

MWETSP Section 100

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

CPMI-IOSCO Guidance on Cyber Resilience for Financial Market Infrastructures

Any piece of data, device or other component of the environment that supports information-related activities. In the context of this report, information assets include data, hardware and software.25 Information assets are not limited to those that are owned by the entity. They also include those that are rented or leased, and those that are used by service providers to deliver their services.

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: information assets
possessive: information asset's
pluralpossessive: information assets'

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