IT Governance Blog on IT governance, risk management, compliance and information security.

You, like every other modern business, are dependent upon IT. But are you getting the best out of your IT systems and infrastructure?

Ensuring that all your IT systems, frameworks and practices work together is a headache for most organisations. Getting the best out of them, and delivering effective and coherent systems can save you huge amounts of time, money and as importantly drive your business forward.

The IT Governance Framework Toolkit enables any organisation to create a single framework to achieve its IT strategies and objectives.

For a limited time the IT Governance framework toolkit comes with a free ICT strategy toolkit >>>

The IT Governance Framework Toolkit is compatible with ISO/IEC 38500, the international IT governance standard. The ISO/IEC 38500 Standard provides an efficient framework for IT Governance and provides business benefits including:

• Managing the organisations investment in IT responsibility
• Meet compliance requirements
• Improve the performance of the organisation
• Introduce effective project governance

If you just want to get on with improving IT governance in your organisation, and want to spend less than one day of consultant cost for dramatic improvements, then buy today.

The ICT Strategy Toolkit works hand in hand with the IT Governance toolkit and will help you ensure that your IT strategy delivers business benefit. This easy to use 24-page documentation toolkit covers all the key areas of formulating an ICT strategy. Read more about the ICT strategy toolkit here >>>

The Official PRINCE2®:2009 Book Bundle contains the all the core official PRINCE2: 2009 books.

All of the advice and guidance within these manuals is fully aligned with the latest version of PRINCE2, meaning that by purchasing this set you are receiving the most up-to-date information on the PRINCE2 methodology. Authored and endorsed by the OGC, these books are authoritative and comprehensive.

Every project manager needs this bundle of books. You can buy them either on their own, or together as a bundle, saving you time and money >>>

This bundle contains the five core titles:

• PRINCE2:2009 Manual, Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 – 2009 Edition
• Directing Successful Projects With PRINCE2 – 2009 Edition
• PRINCE2 Pocketbook – 2009 Edition
• An Introduction to PRINCE2: Managing and Directing Successful Projects – 2009 Edition
• The Executive Guide to Directing Projects within a PRINCE2 and MSP Environment

Every project manager needs this bundle of books. You can buy them either on their own, or together as a bundle, saving you time and money >>>

Are you cyber resilient? Could you survive a cyber attack?

The Cyber Security Assessment Tool is a cost-effective and innovative way of answering these critical questions.

All businesses must ensure they protect themselves from the growing threat of cyber crime, hacking and data breaches, whilst ensuring the protection of their brand and customer information.

The Cyber Security Assessment Tool will enable you to quickly assess which areas of your business are cyber secure, and which are not. Using a straightforward traffic light matrix you will quickly be able to identify the vulnerabilities in your organisation, what the threat level is and what impact this could have on your business.

The Cyber Security Assessment Tool is ideal for demonstrating to senior management and the Board where the key cyber vulnerabilities are. This tool is easy to use and gives you immediate answers and guidance on how to tackle your cyber security issues.

Find out your level of cyber security for just $90 >>>

For a more comprehensive solution organisations should align themselves with ISO27001, the international cyber security standard. The Cyber Security Toolkit will help your business achieve compliance to ISO27001, delivering robust cyber security whilst helping you win new business. The Cyber Security Toolkit includes the Cyber Assessment Tool.

Read more about the Cyber Security Toolkit here >>

Are you cyber resilient? Could you survive a cyber attack?

The Cyber Security Assessment Tool is a cost-effective and innovative way of answering these critical questions.

All businesses must ensure they protect themselves from the growing threat of cyber crime, hacking and data breaches, whilst ensuring the protection of their brand and customer information.

The Cyber Security Assessment Tool will enable you to quickly assess which areas of your business are cyber secure, and which are not. Using a straightforward traffic light matrix you will quickly be able to identify the vulnerabilities in your organisation, what the threat level is and what impact this could have on your business.

The Cyber Security Assessment Tool is ideal for demonstrating to senior management and the Board where the key cyber vulnerabilities are. This tool is easy to use and gives you immediate answers and guidance on how to tackle your cyber security issues.

Find out your level of cyber security for just £70 >>>

For a more comprehensive solution organisations should align themselves with ISO27001, the international cyber security standard. The Cyber Security Toolkit will help your business achieve compliance to ISO27001, delivering robust cyber security whilst helping you win new business. The Cyber Security Toolkit includes the Cyber Assessment Tool.

Read more about the Cyber Security Toolkit here >>

Social Media Week (SMW) kicks off today, reflecting on the global impact of social media and its role as a “catalyst in driving cultural, economic, political and social change in developed and emerging markets.” (Source: SMW)

Taking place in 21 cities around the world, including London, Paris, Rome, Milan and Berlin, this event will raise awareness surrounding social media, discussing ideas and ways it can affect and benefit your business. Featuring keynote speeches from industry experts, events, live discussions and much more, get involved here >>>

Reap the benefits social media can bring to your business with the Social Media Governance Toolkit.

This toolkit contains a comprehensive suite of documents and templates that will help you develop, implement, monitor and improve social media activities across your organization.

The templates and guidance in this toolkit should help an organization create an appropriate social media governance framework. It will help organisations identify appropriate social media objectives, as well as assign roles and responsibilities. It contains a full set of policies and procedures that help organizations implement appropriate acceptable use frameworks, reduce risk from the corporate use of social media while helping them integrate social media into their marketing, communication and positioning strategies.

Kick-start you social media plans and objectives with the Social Media Governance Toolkit >> >>>

Written by Robert E. Kress, COO of Accenture’s high performance Information Technology organisation, this book uncovers how to unlock your IT functions hidden potential.

Kress has helped Accenture – a Fortune Global 500 company – transform its IT functions, doubling its revenues in ten years whilst reducing its IT expenditure and increasing its workforce by nearly 300%.

Discover how Kress achieved this, and then apply the principles to your business with ‘Running IT Like a Business: Accenture’s Step-by-Step Guide’

Throughout the book Kress lets the reader into Accenture’s secrets and how they can be applied to any organisation, of any size, anywhere in the world.

Realise the potential of your IT functions this weekend >>>

More to explore…

Cloud Security & Governance: Who’s On Your Cloud

IT Governance To Drive High Performance

Pocket Guide: ISO38500 The IT Governance Standard

2012 is the year more and more organizations are realising the benefits of taking the issues of cyber security, IT governance and compliance seriously. Make sure you’re not left behind.

To help you with your project we have some fantastic February offers. But hurry, these last minute offers expire tomorrow!

 

View all of our February offers >>>

IT Governance Implementation Toolkit Price: $895 Reduced by: $100

Cyber Security Toolkit Price: $2,495 Includes a free cyber assessment tool

PCI Compliance Toolkit Price: $449.95 Includes a free PCI staff e-learning course

ISO20000 Practitioner 27-29 Feb Was: £795:00 Now: £556.50

ISO27001 Foundation 21 Feb Was: £494.00 Now: £345.80

ISO27002 Foundation 23 Feb Was: £450 Now: £313.50

Find out how to get the ISO27001 Foundation course for free >>>

Buy a listed ITGP toolkit and receive a free ICT Strategy Toolkit!

ITGP Implementation Toolkits are unique and fit for purpose – they are designed to give you the knowledge and information you need to cost-effectively implement a management system or standard and accelerate organisational learning.

For a limited time our listed toolkits all come with a free ICT strategy toolkit

The ICT toolkit will help you address all of your ICT requirements for the year ahead, and what better time to do this than now, as business budgets are being allocated for the year.

View all the toolkits in this limited time offer >>>