Security in Computing 5th Edition by Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Charles P Pfleeger, Jonathan Margulies

Exercise 11

Answer Exercise for a bank instead of an airline.

Exercise

For an airline, what are its most important assets? What are the minimal computing resources it would need to continue business for a limited period (up to two days)? What other systems or processes could it use during the period of the disaster?

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Assets and computing resources of a Bank

Assets are defined as possessions, something that is owned. For a banking system (or a bank), the assets are everything that the bank owns. The assets of a bank are loans, investment securities, bonds, reserves, staff members, and all the physical assets. The biggest asset of a bank is its loans. This because loans help generate interest revenues for the bank.

It can be observed that the assets of the bank can be seen on the left side of the balance sheet of the bank. The assets of the bank are financial as well as physical property of the bank. The financial assets are the loans, reserves, bonds, and interest securities, whereas the physical property can be building, equipments, furniture, and land.