An IT asset is any company-owned hardware, system, or information that is used by an organization in the course of its business operations and activities.
IT assets include, but are not limited to:
- Infrastructure hardware such as routers, switches, servers, and data centers
- In-house software applications
- Third-party software licenses
- Company-owned devices such as laptop and desktop computers
- Digital data
IT assets are tracked using an IT asset inventory and are managed according to an organization’s IT asset management (ITAM) system.
