High-Value Asset ("HVA") (Glossary)

Asset, organization information system, information, and data for which an unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction could cause a significant impact to the organization’s interests, relations, economy, or to the employee or stockholder confidence, civil liberties, or health and safety of the organization’s people. An HVA may contain sensitive controls, instructions, data used in critical organization operations, or unique collections of data (by size or content), or support an organization’s mission essential functions, making it of specific value to criminal, politically motivated, or state sponsored actors for either direct exploitation or to cause a loss of confidence in the organization.