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IT Governance
Improvement Opportunities
The Institute of Internal Editor's article discussing the role of information security management provided many important opportunities for improvement. There is always a need to keep improving ones competitive advantage and the environment that is presented in today's business world must include some inclusion of information technology strategic input. All of the technological advances made in the history of research and development appear to be taking shape here in the present day, making the future of information technology as a strategic multiplier even more pronounced.
The aforementioned article claimed that information security governance should deliver a strategic alignment, risk management, resource management, performance measurement and value delivery. In other words, the way businesses manage their information as...
If anything area that needs to be more emphasized it is that IT governance may be the most important area in business management. Knowledge is power and keeping power sources close to home definitely serves to benefit those who can govern best.
Organizations can do a better job governing themselves by simplifying their processes as much as possible. The amount of information available today is very large and can be overwhelming at times. Strategic management plans should incorporate their IT plans in the simplest way possible. There is a great temptation to confuse and go overboard when trying to manage such a large problem, forcing leadership to encourage simple approaches. The future of IT governance will no doubt be a tug of war between complex and simple ideas where practical systems of management…
Works Cited
Information Security Governance: Guidance for Boards of Directors and Executive Management 2nd edition. Retrieved from http://www.isaca.org/Knowledge- Center/Research/Documents/InfoSecGuidanceDirectorsExecMgt.pdf
Johnston, A. & Hale, R. (2008). Improved Security through Information Security Governance. Communications of the ACM, Jan 2008, 52, 1. Retrieved from http://thecenter.uab.edu/media//2011/12/Improved-Security-through-Information- Security-Governance.pdf
Kogekar, H. (2010). Think Tank: Better IT governance. CIO, 3 May 2010. Retrieved from http://www.cio.com.au/article/345139/think_tank_better_it_governance/
McCafferty, D. (2011). IT Management Lead theWay. CIO Insight, 24 Mar, 2011. Retrieved from http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/IT-Management/IT-Governance-CIOs-Lead-the-Way-801802/
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