matt IT/IS Governance Flashcards
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What is the definition of IT Governance?
Ensure that IT is managed to achieve the company’s business objectives, in the most efficient manner, maximizing the benefits to achieve stakeholders’ needs.
What is the definition of Information Security Governance?
Ensure that IS is achieved through effective controls, implemented in the most efficient manner to provide effective security to the company’s information to achieve stakeholders’ needs.
What is the role of IT in an organization?
To support the operations of the company in its pursuit of its vision and goals.
What is the importance of IT Governance?
With increased dependency of companies on IT, digitalization today drives the increasing importance of IT governance.
What is the relationship between Corporate Governance and IT Governance?
Corporate governance is a pre-requisite for IT governance. That is, IT governance is irrelevant without corporate governance. Effective IT governance provides effective and efficient support of corporate goals.
What is Governance of Enterprise IT (GEIT)?
Governance of Enterprise IT (GEIT) leverages technology to support and optimize enterprise needs.
helps senior managers address common pain points
helps enterprises satisfy internal and external stakeholder needs.
helps establish and monitor accountability for IT activities to ensure that IT-enabled investments support enterprise objectives.
What issues can GEIT uncover?
GEIT can uncover underlying issues that have existed for years. These issues can result in unidentified risk such as revenue loss and services that seldom create value for the business.
What are the critiques of IT Governance?
Too theoretical in approach; largely for management and not for the real world ‘tech pros’; insufficient details to work with – no specific processes and or controls, for example – whether to turn off certain services in a server due to high level ‘flowery’ language used in the models.
