It Governance

In the article IT Security Governance: Guidance for Boards of Directors, written by Chiranjeev Bordoloi, he outlines details from the McKinsey Global Survey , IT’s unmet potential. The first was the needs for the board to express their need to consider varied involvement in the IT oversight. Secondly, reinforced facts the associated technology risks and how the company protects sensitive information.

Over the years IT has become an integral part of company’s services, and in the wake of customer’s confidential information about customers and stakeholder’s spillage board members have a deliberate need to get involved. It was noted in the text and article that Governance has become important in the business world because of financial scandals and how information and technology capabilities are fundamental to improve their business performance and competitive advantage.

The text case, Duke Energy International, outlined eight principles in management Information Management, while Bordoloi outlined five IT governance measures that boards should step-up to achieve the same results as Duke Energy. Each expressed putting a clear organizational design in place or ensures Business IT strategic alignment. This ensures that everyone is focused on a level to achieve goals and objectives contained within the business strategy. Bordoloi states that IT performance management must focus on the process and services of IT to evaluate the IT resources will achieve the business goals established by the company board. However, DEI reinforces its practices with information management value relationships at the different levels of management throughout the company.

Businesses are moving toward better IT Governance because it makes their business better and accountable. The accountability is in the cost and the reliability that their technology will perform to the standard expected. The board members need to govern IT in order to realize the maximize return