Executive's Guide to IT Governance: Improving Systems Processes with Service Management, COBIT, & ITIL Book

Preface xiii

PART I: IT GOVERNANCE CONCEPTS

Chapter 1: Importance of IT Governance for All Enterprises 3

Chapter 2: Fundamental Governance Concepts and Sarbanes-Oxley Rules 9

Sarbanes-Oxley Act 10

Other SOx Rules—Title II: Auditor Independence 18

SOx Title III: Corporate Responsibility 22

Title IV: Enhanced Financial Disclosures 24

What Is IT Governance? 28

Notes 35

Chapter 3: Enterprise Governance and GRC Tools 37

The Road to Effective GRC Principles 38

Importance of GRC Governance 39

Risk Management Component of GRC 40

GRC and Enterprise Compliance 42

Importance of Effective GRC Practices and Principles 45

PART II: FRAMEWORKS TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE IT GOVERNANCE

Chapter 4: IT Governance and COSO Internal Controls 49

Importance of Effective Internal Controls and COSO 50

COSO Internal Control Systems Monitoring Guidance 65

Wrapping It Up: Importance of COSO Internal Controls 66

Notes 66

Chapter 5: COBIT and the IT Governance Institute 67

An Executive’s Introduction to COBIT 68

The COBIT Framework and Its Drivers 70

COBIT Principle 1: Establish an Integrated IT Architecture Framework 72

COBIT Principle 2: Stakeholder Value Drivers 74

COBIT Principle 3: Focus on Business Context 75

COBIT Principle 4: Governance and Risk Management Enablers 78

COBIT Principle 5: Governance and Management Performance

Measurement Structures 80

Putting It Together: Matching COBIT Processes and IT Goals 81

Using COBIT in a SOx Environment 84

COBIT in Perspective 85

Notes 86

Chapter 6: ITIL and IT Service Management Guidance 87

ITIL Fundamentals 88

ITIL Service Strategy Components 91

ITIL Service Design 94

ITIL Service Transition Management Processes 99

ITIL Service Operation Processes 102

IT Governance and ITIL Service Delivery Best Practices 106

Note 107

Chapter 7: IT Governance Standards: ISO 9001, 27002, and 38500 109

ISO Standards Background 110

ISO 9000 Quality Management Standards 112

ISO IT Security Standards: ISO 27002 and 27001 115

ISO 38500 IT Governance Standard 118

Notes 123

Chapter 8: IT Governance Issues: Risk Management, COSO ERM, and OCEG Guidance 125

Risk Management Fundamentals 126

COSO ERM Definitions and Objectives: A Portfolio View of Risk 134

COSO ERM Framework 136

Other Dimensions of the COSO ERM Framework 152

The OCEG GRC “Red Book,” Risk Management, and IT Governance 153

Notes 157

PART III: TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO MANAGE THE IT GOVERNANCE INFRASTRUCTURE

Chapter 9: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and Portable, Mobility Computing 161

Understanding Cloud Computing 162

IT Systems and Storage Management Virtualization 168

Smartphone and Handheld IT Device Governance Issues 175

Note 176

Chapter 10: Governance, IT Security, and Continuity Management 177

Importance of an Effective IT Security Environment 177

Enterprise IT Security Principles: Generally Accepted Security Standards 178

Importance of an Effective, Enterprise-Wide Security Strategy 185

IT Continuity Planning 186

The Business Continuity Plan and IT Governance 188

Notes 193

Chapter 11: PCI DSS Standards and Other IT Governance Rules 195

PCI DSS Background and Standards 196

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act IT Governance Rules 203

HIPAA: Health Care and Much More 208

Notes 216

Chapter 12: IT Service Catalogs: Realizing Greater Value from IT Operations 217

Importance of IT Service Catalogs 219

Role of a Service Catalog in the IT Service Provider Organization 221

An IT Service Catalog’s Content and Features 223

IT Service Catalog Management 224

PART IV: BUILDING AND MONITORING EFFECTIVE IT GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS

Chapter 13: Importance of IT Service-Oriented Architecture for IT Governance Systems 231

SOA Applications and Service-Driven IT Applications 232

SOA Governance, Internal Control Issues, and Risks 235

Planning and Building an SOA Implementation Blueprint 236

SOA and IT Governance 242

Chapter 14: IT Configuration and IT Portfolio Management 247

IT Configuration Management Concepts 248

ITIL Best Practices for IT Configuration Management 250

The Configuration Management Database: An Often Difficult Concept 254

Establishing an Enterprise CMDB 255

IT Portfolio Management 259

Chapter 15: Application Systems Implementations and IT Governance 263

The Systems Development Life Cycle: A Basic Application Development Technique 264

IT Rapid Development Processes: Prototyping 266

Enterprise Resource Planning and IT Governance Processes 268

Chapter 16: IT Governance Issues: Project and Program Management 275

The Project Management Process 275

PMBOK Standards 277

Another Project Management Standard: PRINCE2 280

IT Systems Portfolio and Program Management 280

The Program Management Office (PMO), a Strong Governance Resource 284

Project Management, the PMO, and IT Governance 286

Note 286

Chapter 17: Service Level Agreements, itSMF, Val IT, and Maximizing IT Investments 287

ITIL Service Management Best Practices and the itSMF 288

Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) Standards 292

Val IT: Enhancing the Value of IT Investments 298

Notes 305

PART V: MONITORING AND MEASURING ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT AND BOARD GOVERNANCE

Chapter 18: Enterprise Content Management 309

ECM Characteristics and Key Components in the Enterprise Today 310

ECM Processes and IT Governance 310

Creating an Effective ECM Environment in the Enterprise 314

Chapter 19: Internal Audit’s Governance Role 319

Internal Auditing History and Background 320

Internal Auditing and the IT Auditor 323

Internal Audit’s IT Governance Activities and Responsibilities 323

Internal Audit IT Governance Standards 329

Internal Audit IT Governance Procedures 329

Note 334

PART VI: IT GOVERNANCE AND ENTERPRISE OBJECTIVES

Chapter 20: Creating and Sustaining an Ethical Workplace Culture 337

Importance of Mission Statements 337

Enterprise Codes of Conduct 340

Whistleblower and Hotline Functions 347

Launching an Ethics Program and Improving

Enterprise Governance Practices 352

Note 353

Chapter 21: Impact of Social Media Computing 355

What Is Social Media Computing? 356

Social Media Examples 358

Enterprise Social Media Computing Risks and Vulnerabilities 365

Social Media Policies 367

Notes 370

Chapter 22: IT Governance and the Audit Committee’s IT Role 371

The Enterprise Audit Committee and IT Governance 371

Audit Committee IT Governance Responsibilities 374

Audit Committee Briefings and IT Governance Issues 375

About the Author 377

Index 379