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- COBIT
- Control OBjectives for Information and related Technology A business-oriented set of standards for guiding management in the sound use of information technology from the Information Systems Audit and Control...
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- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- The controls that developed around the 360 environment were all predicated on the primary concerns expressed by Finance management: that nothing interrupt processing critical to Finance. Thus virtually all of them derive from, or are subsidiary to, the service level agreement. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: SLA, IBM Mainframe, Data Center, Mainframe, Data-processing, IBM Corp., CoBiT Framework, CoBiT, Systems Documentation, Disaster Plan, Data Centers, Service Level Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, It service Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- COBIT Foundation Exam Prep 3-Day Boot Camp
- Instantly save $400 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends August 22, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsDiscover the benefits of a sound IT governance framework and learn to realize effective IT governance using the COBIT best practices framework. Using ...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, COBIT, Strategy, Management
- Training 2008-06-01
- Evolution, risks, controls, and strategies
- The thin client transition offers considerable benefits in terms of processing risk reduction, auditability and the imposition of relatively low level usage controls. Indeed the biggest organizational risk incurred by this transition results from the fact that it speeds up the move to centralized computing and allows the IT...
- Tags: Thin clients, Disaster recovery, strategy, data processing, thin client, COBIT, IT Group
- Blog posts 2006-08-02
- Demystifying Sarbanes-Oxley for the Service Desk
- The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 SOX was passed to protect investors and prevent financial wrongdoing by public corporations, by improving the financial integrity, transparency, and reliability of corporate disclosures. SOX requires corporate officers and managers to not only certify financial results, but to demonstrate that their record-keeping is correct, not...
- Tags: Service Desk, Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, COBIT, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- White papers 2006-03-10
- Assessment of IT Governance - A Prioritization of Cobit
- A shared view on the definition of IT governance is lacking and practitioners do not use present IT governance frameworks to support their decision-making. This paper presents an Architecture Theory Diagram, and a framework for defining IT governance based on an extensive literature study. The framework for defining IT governance...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Cobit, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-02-27
- CA and the Cornerstone of Compliance
- One of the cornerstones of compliance is COBIT– the Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology – issued by the IT Governance Association. COBIT systematically analyzes IT and defines general control objectives, performance indicators and maturity models for IT. COBIT organizes the control objectives into four major areas: planning and...
- Tags: COBIT
- Blog posts 2005-10-25
- Getting In-Control - Combining CobiT and ITIL for IT Governance and Process Excellence
- CobiT and ITIL together are a powerful force for IT Operational efficiency and effectiveness. CobiT provides a framework for IT governance, aligning IT with business requirements. ITIL is a collection of best practices in Service Management, Security, Infrastructure Management, and Application Management. Together they can make the process improvement task...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, CobiT, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Strategy, Quality, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2005-05-24
- Extending IT Governance to the Network Infrastructure
- IT organizations are adopting widely accepted reference tools to establish and enforce control over their business critical IT infrastructure to lower IT costs and increase customer satisfaction. Two widely accepted examples are the Control Objectives for Information and related Technology CobiT and IT Infrastructure Library ITIL, which represent authoritative frameworks...
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, IT Governance, Network Infrastructure, Network, Information Technology, CobiT, ITIL, Strategy, Process Improvement, It Services, Management, Quality, Business Operations
- White papers 2004-10-04
- COBIT Case Study: Coopers & Lybrand
- Coopers & Lybrand in the Netherlands has 100 EDP auditors in computer assurance services, many who already have in depth knowledge of COBIT and are putting it to use for clients. A unique benefit of COBIT is that Information Technology Infrastructure Library ITIL is one of the global standards on...
- Tags: Information Technology, COBIT, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Strategy, Quality, Business Operations, Management
- Case studies
- Sarbanes-Oxley Closing the Gaps: Expert Panel on Implementing COBIT
- COBIT provides a framework of IT control objectives that can be implemented and monitored within an enterprise to ensure the delivery of reliable information. This webcast explains how implementation of COBIT can improve collaboration between IS/IT auditors and IT management on security, audit and control issues, define performance measurement requirements,...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Performance, Performance Measurement, COBIT, Performance Measurement Requirement, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
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- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeWhen everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.W.S. Gilbert, Gondoliers.So many managers. An employee without a management title will feel overlooked.Murph, you outline the functional groups for your organization based on the leader. That means the effectiveness of each one...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, disaster recovery, leader, IBM mainframe, IBM Corp., job, data-processing, mainframe
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- What the CoBIT framework does is establish minimal guidelines for data center operational documentation -as distinct from the actual operation. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: IBM Mainframe, PC, Mainframe, Data-processing, IBM Corp., Data Management, Help Desk, Data Centers, Service Level Management, Call Centers, Desktops, Storage, It Operations, Hardware, It service Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- IBM's Zollar: SOA, Web 2.0 drive IT 'industrialization'
- Last week, I posted some countervailing views on the topic of software industrialization. Some say it represents the inevitable future of IT operations and software development; others say software needs to have elements of craft, since it's so highly specialized. 'Industrialized' IT needed to handle the coming...
- Tags: Web, Information Technology, SOA, IBM Corp., Zollar, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Internet, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Defining and Valuing IT Services
- Instantly save $400 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends August 22, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsIT organizations struggle with business-IT alignment and business service management. Challenges are that IT organizations often cannot accurately define what they do, and IT may...
- Tags: Information Technology, Challenges, ITIL, It Services, Strategy, Management
- Training 2008-06-01
- Who benefits from data center centralization?
- Who benefits from data center centralization?The difference is in control/managementCentralized processing with decentralized control works - centralizing both does not.But notice that Wintel/data processing essentially force the centralization of both, and Unix does not. You can centralize control with Unix, but you don't have to. Instead you put everything...
- Tags: Data centers, Strategic planning, Regulations, benefit, data center, centralization, money organization, data center centralization, server
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Automated File Transfer: 10 Steps to Security and Compliance
- Knowing whether the file transfer process complies with regulations and standards can be difficult. Many regulations are based on objectives. There is a need to interpret these objectives and create an action plan to design a secure file transfer solution that meets them. This white paper helps IT and security...
- Tags: Compliance, Coviant Software, Regulations, Security, Government
- White papers 2008-03-17
- Auditor news you didn't want to hear
- Auditor news you didn't want to hearJup. Nice find Murph.// JesperStrategic ObjectivesThat's the phrase that strikes me as ominous, given that the nominal job of auditors is to make sure that proper accounting procedures are being followed. When it's extended to making the boss look good (or other like...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, auditor new, role separation
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
- PCI Policy Compliance Using Information Security Policies Made Easy
- Many organizations are building or updating written information security policies in response to the newly updated Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Written information security policies are fundamental to an effective information security program and required for compliance with many frameworks and regulations, including PCI, HIPAA, COBIT and many...
- Tags: Information Security, Compliance, Information Shield, PCI, Security, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2007-12-10
- Internal Audit and Risk Mitigation - Effective and practical use of the COSO and COBIT methodologies
- This webinar discusses how to align your audit risk assessment, audit ecosystem, audit plan, and audit engagements with the larger organization's strategy, vision, and values. It is designed mainly for internal auditors to help them understand the importance of corporate governance and enterprise risk management, identify risks to corporate strategy,...
- Tags: Financial Accounting, Audit, Finance
- Webcasts 2007-11-01
- Service Providers and SAS 70 Reports Understanding Requirements, Compliance and Benefits
- This webinar gives a complete overview of the SAS 70 report and explains what a SAS 70 Report is and who can issue it, which types of entities are candidates for SAS 70 audits and what is the difference between a SAS 70 Type and Type II Report. The webinar...
- Tags: Benefit, Compliance, Audit, SAS Institute
- Webcasts 2007-11-01
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