Asked ChatGPT on  3 april 2024 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines several categories or types of assets under its guidelines for managing and protecting information systems. They include:

Information: This includes all types of data or information, regardless of its format (electronic, print, etc.).

Systems: This includes high-level applications, databases, networks, or systems that store, process, or transmit information.

Devices and Media: This includes electronic devices, mobile devices, and storage media.

Communications Networks: This includes wide area networks, local area networks, wireless networks, and virtual private networks.

Software: This includes operating systems, applications, and firmware.

Human Resources: This includes the information system's users and their user-level access to the system and data, including third-party users and customers.

Physical plant: This includes physical or environmental protection like buildings, rooms, and facilities.

Organizational assets: This includes reputation and value, intellectual property, organizational structure, supply chain information, and other resources related to organization mission and business functions.

Services: This includes all types of services provided by the systems, like cloud services, security services, etc.

Information security resources: This includes policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, security plans, user agreements, security awareness and training materials, security audit logs, and access reports.

Please note that identified assets should be recorded in the organization's risk management and security assessment plan.

**In which NIST document are these categories defined?**

The categories or types of assets as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can be found in the NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 5, titled "Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations." 

Additionally, NIST Special Publication 800-30, titled "Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments," provides guidelines for conducting risk assessments which encompasses identifying, categorizing, and prioritizing assets.
