May 11, 2012 10:37 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
COBIT,
Control Environment,
Ethics,
Infrastructure,
Integrity,
ISO,
ITSM,
Service Delivery,
Systems,
YahooFor most individuals, integrity values are a personal issue that should reflect organizationally enforced edicts. Within an entity’s control environment, managerial integrity should represent “the quality or state of being of sound moral principles.” Specifically,...
February 8, 2011 9:21 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Acquire and Implement,
Availability,
COBIT Domains,
Confidentiality,
Control Objectives,
Deliver and Support,
Effectiveness,
Efficiency,
Integrity,
MIS,
Monitor and Evaluate,
Plan and Organize,
Planning Committee,
Reliability,
Risk ManagementIT goals election as well as information systems design, implementation, and maintenance are bound by IT objectives. Performing an IT maturity assessment can assist in determining where improvements are most needed. Subsequently, IT control objectives selection conveys what is considered...
February 4, 2011 11:07 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Acquire and Implement,
Availability,
COBIT Domains,
Confidentiality,
Control Objectives,
Deliver and Support,
Effectiveness,
Efficiency,
Integrity,
MIS,
Monitor and Evaluate,
Plan and Organize,
Planning Committee,
Reliability,
Risk Management“An [entity's] Management Information System...
February 1, 2011 9:04 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Acquire and Implement,
Availability,
COBIT Domains,
Confidentiality,
Control Objectives,
Deliver and Support,
Effectiveness,
Efficiency,
Integrity,
Monitor and Evaluate,
Plan and Organize,
Planning Committee,
Reliability,
Risk ManagementReflective of ensuring effective IT control objectives, undertaking IT risk management provides the framework that enables future activity to take place in a consistent and controlled manner. ...
January 28, 2011 10:07 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Acquire and Implement,
Availability,
COBIT Domains,
Confidentiality,
Control Objectives,
Deliver and Support,
Effectiveness,
Efficiency,
Integrity,
Monitor and Evaluate,
Plan and Organize,
Planning Committee,
ReliabilityUsing SWOT, each IT objectives analysis team member should have conversations with at least four other individuals from the entity to solicit their situational assessment of the current state of IT controls. At a minimum, the four individuals -- queried independently by each team member involved...
January 25, 2011 9:53 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Acquire and Implement,
Availability,
COBIT Domains,
Confidentiality,
Control Objectives,
Deliver and Support,
Effectiveness,
Efficiency,
Integrity,
Monitor and Evaluate,
Plan and Organize,
Planning Committee,
ReliabilityCOBIT enables an entity to set clear control objectives for IT through the combining of previously discussed individual IT design and operational areas. Specifically, the eight IT managerial areas are grouped into four...
January 21, 2011 10:08 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Acquire and Implement,
Availability,
COBIT Domains,
Confidentiality,
Control Objectives,
Deliver and Support,
Effectiveness,
Efficiency,
Integrity,
Monitor and Evaluate,
Plan and Organize,
Planning Committee,
ReliabilityIT planning, organization, acquisition, implementation, delivery, support, monitoring, and evaluation are baseline IT subjects that embrace core managerial responsibilities as conceived by Henri Fayol. Categorically, IT related planning,...
January 18, 2011 5:52 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Acquire and Implement,
Availability,
COBIT Domains,
Confidentiality,
Control Objectives,
Deliver and Support,
Effectiveness,
Efficiency,
Integrity,
Monitor and Evaluate,
Plan and Organize,
Planning Committee,
ReliabilityGeneral managerial objectives, such as maintaining satisfactory performance levels, can be translated into detail IT objectives defining acceptable IT configuration characteristics. The primary purpose of these detailed IT configuration objectives is to guide IT...
January 14, 2011 7:06 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Availability,
Confidentiality,
Control Objectives,
Effectiveness,
Efficiency,
Integrity,
Planning Committee,
ReliabilityReducing IT related errors, mistakes, omissions, irregularities, and illegal acts should be an explicit policy of every passive or...
