Valuation dimensions

These are the features or attributes that make an asset valuable. A dimension is a facet or an aspect of an asset, independent of other facets. Risks may be analysed by focusing on a single facet, regardless of what happens with other aspects (As is the typical case known as business impact analysis (BIA) that seeks to determine the cost of system stoppages and to develop contingency plans to put a limit to the organisation’s downtime. In this case, a sectarian analysis of the availability is carried out).

Dimensions are used to evaluate the consequences of the appearance of a threat. The valuation of an asset in a certain dimension is the measurement of the prejudice the organisation may suffer if the asset is damaged in that dimension.