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JBS Guide to SRMBoK - Intellectual Assets
Abstract
Intellectual assets (IAs) can exist in a variety of forms, though they are all based upon the generation, capture and protection of valuable knowledge. Their foundation is fragile, as it is dependent upon the transition from tacit knowledge possessed by an individual, into the organisation with which they are associated. The organisation must then convert that knowledge into value creating processes, products or practices. While intellectual property (IP) is not the only form of IA, it is the most obvious and the most tangible.
This chapter is intended to provide a background to the concepts underpinning Intangible Assets, R&D activities, threats, perpetrators, vulnerabilities and protective mechanisms.
Authors
Paul Curwell is a fraud and security specialist with Booz Allen Hamilton�s Strategic Security Practice. Specialising in the management of Economic Crime risks with a focus on Financial Crime, Intellectual Property, Proprietary Information and
Identity Crime matters, Paul applies his specialist background and knowledge to improve enterprise resilience by reducing corporate loss and managing risk exposure whilst ensuring that competitive advantage is maintained.
Damian Hine is a lecturer at the University of Queensland. In his academic role at the UQ Business School, Damian has published extensively on entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as intellectual capital issues. He writes on firm based perspectives in international journals and is on the editorial board of a number of international entrepreneurship journals.
About SRMBoK
The Security Risk Management Body of Knowledge (SRMBOK) was developed as an initiative of the Risk
Management Institution of Australasia Limited (RMIA) in conjunction with Jakeman Business Solutions Pty Ltd
(JBS), which provided the lead authors and financially underwrote its publication.
SRMBOK was written to contribute to the identification and documentation of agreed better practice in
Security Risk Management.
SRMBOK is also supported by many Guides to SRMBOK written by independent security professionals that
provide more detailed guidance and examples of how the SRMBOK framework can be applied in practice.
Whilst each of these Guides is peer reviewed prior to publication, any opinions and views expressed are those
of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of RMIA or JBS.
