For the first part of this assignment you will be creating a weighted factor analysis worksheet. The reason for a weighted factor analysis sheets are to assign scores to various assets for an organization in order to gauge their importance. The first part of the assignment is to specify an organization to base the homework on. It is easiest to base it off of where you currently work, but you can choose any type of organization, just know that the assignments are easier if you have a good understanding of the organization you choose. Once you have chosen your organization, identify at least 4 assets that are specific to your organization. An asset is defined as; The organizational resource that is being protected. An asset can be logical, such as a Web site or information owned or controlled by the organization; or an asset can physical, such as a computer system or other tangible object Once you have your assets, refer to Figure 1, you will be creating a Weighted Factor Analysis worksheet based on the above information you have created. Figure 1 The most common criteria to use to rate your assets are below. However, if you can think of different criteria to use pertaining to your organization feel free to use that instead. ! Success of the organization ! Most revenue ! Most profitability ! Most expensive to replace ! Most expensive to protect ! Most likely to cause company liability or embarrassment