data center assets, threats and vulnerabilities?
What's assets and common security threats and vulnerabilities in data centers?
Answer:
In accordance with the definitions of ISO 27000, an asset is anything that has value to the organization. So, from my point of view you can identify: servers, switches, routers, Access points, operative systems, databases, employees, facilities, etc. This article can be interesting for you How to handle Asset register (Asset inventory) according to ISO 27001 : https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/how-to-handle-asset-register-asset-inventory-according-to-iso-27001/
And there are not common threats and vulnerabilities related to data centers, but you can use a catalogue and select those that can affect to your assets. Here you can find a catalogue of threats and vulnerabilities Catalogue of threats & vulnerabilities : https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/threats-vulnerabilities/
Finally, I think that this article can be also interesting for you ISO 27001 risk assessment: H ow to match assets, threats and vulnerabilities : https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/iso-27001-risk-assessment-how-to-match-assets-threats-and-vulnerabilities/
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Jan 13, 2016