Blog entries tagged it governance

US Government anticipates spending $79 billion on IT in 2011

Cinthia Pilar — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The federal government anticipates spending $79 billion on information technology (IT) in fiscal year 2011. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plays a key role in overseeing the implementation and management of federal IT investments.

Given the size of these investments and their importance to the health, economy, and security of the nation, it is critical for OMB and federal agencies to provide appropriate program oversight and ensure adequate transparency. Over the past sever...

IT GRC Forum 2011 Production Preview

Cinthia Pilar — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

I would like to thank all of our members who provided feedback on the topics you want us to address over 2011. Through the beginning of 2011 we will be running events on PCI Compliance, Cloud Computing, Enterprise 2.0 Compliance, IT Risk Management and Enterprise GRC. Here is a preview:

PCI DSS 2.0 & Virtualization Compliance
Panel Discussion: The Enterprise GRC Stimulus Plan
Continuous Compliance in the Cloud
Securi...

Bonuses and sanctions

Arno Kapteyn — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

In Holland there is a saying: You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Indeed if we look at the causes of the financial crisis in a number of cases the drive to achieve the incredible bonuses that are customary in the financial sector seem to have outweighed the sanctions the enterprise risk department might or might not have imposed for excessive risky behaviour.

For the complete article read the IT RSC Blog:

http://itgrsc.blogspot.com/2010/12/bonuses-and-sa...

So you think you are compliant

Arno Kapteyn — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Organisational compliance is not a “black and white”, “yes or no” status but a “more or less”, “better or worse” continuous scale. Organisations that are 100% certain of organisational compliance should verify their belief by considering the questions in this article.

Read the complete article on Computerworld UK

IT Governance and IT Service Management, are they the same?

Arno Kapteyn — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:50:07 +0100

These days when I look at the information on the internet it seems that the disciplines of IT governance and IT service management are considered to be one and the same. Tools that used to be promoted as IT service management tools suddenly became IT governance tools. ITIL, which I will always regard as "the best practice for it service management", is mentioned frequently these days as an IT governance model. These examples lead me to the following question: Are IT governance and IT se...

Changing strategic goals as a result of the financial crisis

Arno Kapteyn — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:40:12 +0100

One of the primary objectives of IT governance is to align IT Strategic goals with the organization's strategic goals . A clear understanding of the organization's strategic goals and the reasons behind them is the first step in achieving this objective.

Read the complete article on the IT GRSC Blog:

http://itgrsc.blogspot.com/2010/08/changing-strategic-goals-as-result-of.html