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

CIO’s and IT Director’s are being put under more and more pressure to deliver better services at reduced costs. Hewlett Packard’s CEO, Meg Whitman, says this is a huge driving factor in the adoption of Cloud Computing services:

“From the CIO standpoint, information technology is becoming more complex and CIOs are under a lot more pressure to do things faster and less expensively…. Groups of people have been going rogue, going off and setting up their own little clouds to get stuff done within their organization.”

This however brings with it a whole bunch of issues including the management, the vendors and the technology itself. Whitman continues:

“The question is, how do you orchestrate the information flow between these vertical stacks and capabilities? How do you monitor and automate these processes? How do you move, analyse and secure your information?”

	Cloud Computing: Assessing the Risks Price: $49.95

For the first time in its history the World Economic Forum (WEF) listed cyber attacks in its top five global risks for the first time in 2012. WEF is an independent international organisation committed to improving the state of the world across a multitude of agendas.

WEF identified 4 key principles for cyber resilience:

• The organisation recognises the interdependent nature of our hyper-connected world and its own role in contributing to a safe shared digital environment
• The executive management team recognizes its leadership role in setting the tone and structure for cyber resilience
• The organisation recognises the importance of integrating cyber risk management within its broader risk practices
• The organisation encourages its suppliers to adopt similar cyber resilience principles and guidelines

ISO27001 is the world’s cyber security standard that organisations should implement to ensure they are protecting themselves and their assets in this hyper-connected world. Additionally ISO27001 demonstrates to customers and stakeholders your commitment to cyber security and will help in winning new business through the supply chain.

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ITGP toolkits help small and medium organizations quickly adapt and adopt best management practice in technology governance, risk management and compliance.

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“…this book is a must-have for anyone willing to have both a clear and pragmatic approach, as well as a better understanding of impacts on business when dealing with Cloud Computing.”
Ludovic Petit, Chief Information Security Officer, SFR

Written by 3 internationally renowned experts, Cloud Computing: Assessing the Risks discusses the primary concerns of most business leaders – how secure and what risks are posed by the Cloud. The book also covers the critical components of a successful cloud program including compliance, reliability, availability, areas of responsibility and the ‘borders’ of the cloud.

	Cloud Computing: Assessing the Risks Published this week! Price: $49.95