News, Updates, & Resources
FINALLY! A GUIDE FOR TAILORING A GOVERNANCE SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
Back in November I posted about how excited I was to see ISACA’s update to the COBIT framework and provided some thoughts about navigating through the first two guides. Click here to take a look if you didn’t catch it, as it might help you with my comments in this...
IS BALANCING BUSINESS DEMAND AND IT RESOURCE SUPPLY A GOVERNANCE CONCERN?
Of course, it is an IT Governance issue If I asked a hundred IT leaders if they needed additional resources, none of them would reply, “No thanks, we’re good on resources.” We see it all the time. IT departments are traditionally short on resources—or are they? If I...
A NEW COBIT® IS IN TOWN AND I REALLY LIKE HOW THIS LOOKS.
ISACA released the latest version of the framework this month and I can tell you without hesitation that this latest structure is one of the best governance and management frameworks to date for the governance and management of enterprise IT. The first two books of...
INTEGRATING ENTERPRISE AND IT RISK FUNCTIONS USING SCENARIOS
The challenges that organizations face today are increasingly more complex than in the past. The constant change of the global economy, dynamics of business risks and opportunities, and an increased threat of cyberattacks add complexities we’ve never faced....
SOLVING FRAMEWORK FATIGUE. USING COBIT5 TO MANAGE FRAMEWORKS AND ACHIEVE BUSINESS VALUE
With a multitude of models, standards, bodies of knowledge and frameworks in our industry, it’s easy to see how navigating through these becomes utterly exhausting for an IT service organization. The jigsaw puzzle of frameworks is daunting. Frameworks, whether adopted...
USING MULTIPLE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF ENTERPRISE IT
The most secured company in the world I’ve been known to tell a story about when my CEO rounded up the executive management team (I was the CIO at the time) and pounded us with the question: “Why are we going out of business as the most secured company in the world?”...
TIPS TO GAINING EXECUTIVE SUPPORT FOR IT GOVERNANCE INITIATIVES
The hardest question I get as an IT governance advisor is, “how do I get executive level support for our IT governance program?” Surprisingly, this question, which comes from operations as well as executives, is not an isolated issue. As you might expect, the answer...
WHY AM I A HUGE FAN OF COBIT?
COBIT5 has been around for a couple of years now, so I should probably stop referring to it as the new release and simply call it the latest. I was introduced to COBIT back in version 4.0, and have since been involved in several opportunities to use COBIT5. There...
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
By now, it should be understood (through legislation, regulations, standards, etc.) that boards, executives, and IT must collaborate in order to gain alignment and provide value for stakeholders. The inherent challenge with this is how to do it right when determining...