March 16, 2013 3:40 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Administrative Control,
Asset Management,
Business Continuity,
Continuity Management,
Crisis Management,
Decision Making,
Due Care,
Due Diligence,
Enterprise Governance,
Event Management,
Incident Management,
Information Technology,
IT,
IT Management,
Management Information System,
Operating Style,
Risk Management,
Threat ManagementManagement should establish standards as baselines for measuring quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality. Standards can be considered specific goals or objectives against which performance is compared. Selection of points where performance will be measured is critical to...
March 14, 2013 1:10 AM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Administrative Control,
Asset Management,
Business Continuity,
Continuity Management,
Crisis Management,
Decision Making,
Due Care,
Due Diligence,
Enterprise Governance,
Event Management,
Incident Management,
Information Technology,
IT,
IT Management,
Management Information System,
Operating Style,
Risk Management,
Threat ManagementControlling and monitoring activities attempting to ensure acceptable risk responses include:
- Policies
- Directives
- Standards
- Procedures
- Rules
Strategically;
policies are definite courses or methods of action...
March 8, 2013 10:41 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Administrative Control,
Asset Management,
Business Continuity,
Continuity Management,
Crisis Management,
Decision Making,
Due Care,
Due Diligence,
Enterprise Governance,
Event Management,
Incident Management,
Information Technology,
IT,
IT Management,
Management Information System,
Operating Style,
Risk Management,
Threat ManagementUsually, IT risk analysis has four primary goals:
- Identifying assets and their associated values
- Identifying vulnerabilities and threats
- Quantifying the probability and business impact of potential threats
- Providing an economic balance between threat...
March 7, 2013 1:54 AM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Administrative Control,
Asset Management,
Business Continuity,
Continuity Management,
Crisis Management,
Decision Making,
Due Care,
Due Diligence,
Enterprise Governance,
Event Management,
Incident Management,
Information Technology,
IT,
IT Management,
Management Information System,
Operating Style,
Risk Management,
Threat ManagementThe risk management process introduces a systematic approach for identifying, assessing, and reducing risks as well as maintaining defined acceptable risk levels. An IT risk assessment should be considered a key risk management practice area. When management institutionalizes an IT governance...
March 2, 2013 4:38 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Administrative Control,
Asset Management,
Business Continuity,
Continuity Management,
Crisis Management,
Decision Making,
Due Care,
Due Diligence,
Enterprise Governance,
Event Management,
Incident Management,
Information Technology,
IT,
IT Management,
Management Information System,
Operating Style,
Risk Management,
Threat ManagementSimilar to business risk management, IT risk management is a continuous process that should be interlaced into the fabric of an entity. IT risks directly impact an entity’s ability to provide goods and/or services at an acceptable price. Inherently, computer hardware and software as well as...
February 28, 2013 2:50 AM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Administrative Control,
Asset Management,
Business Continuity,
Continuity Management,
Crisis Management,
Decision Making,
Due Care,
Due Diligence,
Enterprise Governance,
Event Management,
Incident Management,
Information Technology,
IT,
IT Management,
Management System,
Operating Style,
Risk Management,
Threat ManagementAn entity’s business risk management framework should be a strategic axial enabled to accept diverse strategy spokes. Proactively, business risk management should represent the process whereby an entity methodically addresses risks attached to activities with the objective of achieving sustained...
February 23, 2013 6:44 PM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Administrative Control,
Asset Management,
Business Continuity,
Continuity Management,
Crisis Management,
Decision Making,
Due Care,
Due Diligence,
Enterprise Governance,
Event Management,
Incident Management,
Information Technology,
IT,
IT Management,
Management System,
Operating Style,
Risk Management,
Threat ManagementRisk management is not an issue any ‘going concern’ should consider a platitude used to demonstrate effective leadership. Those responsible for governance...
February 21, 2013 4:11 AM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Adaptive Systems,
Assurance Services,
Attestation,
Control Evaluation,
Control System,
Due Care,
Educational Institutions,
Internal Control System,
Logical Security,
Non-profit,
Open Source,
Operating Style,
Quality Assurance Program,
Security Risks,
Trust ManagementBased on my careful analysis of the factors associated with information reliability, there is a medium-to-high inherent risk of a researcher conveying unreliable information through citing Wikipedia material due to...
February 17, 2013 12:02 AM
Posted by: Robert Davis
Adaptive Systems,
Assurance Services,
Attestation,
Control Evaluation,
Control System,
Due Care,
Educational Institutions,
Internal Control System,
Logical Security,
Non-profit,
Open Source,
Operating Style,
Quality Assurance Program,
Security Risks,
Trust ManagementTo provide an appropriate answer to this foundational question regarding Wikipedia an assessor must take into consideration the primary traits of reliability. Therefore, as previously stated in Wikipedia: An assessment from a user's perspective - part 1 as well as documented in
