The 13 Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) regulate the handling of personal information by a broad swathe of private, governmental and not-for-profit organisations – known as “APP entities”.
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Cyber and Information Security: Good Practice and Severe Consequences
As we’ve discussed over a number of weeks, good information governance provides a platform for other things, including both cyber security and information security.
The Essential Eight Maturity Model
The Federal Government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has compiled The Essential Eight mitigation strategies as a starting point to improve cybersecurity. The Essential Eight are split into three categories: Preventing malware delivery and execution Limiting the extent of cyber security incidents Recovering data and system availability.
The Dangers of Shadow IT
Shadow IT is a real threat to effective IT governance in your organisation. It represents systems adopted within your organisation without approval and, more importantly, without consideration or understanding of the broader impact of those actions.
The ‘Scary’ Obligations of Information Governance
IT governance is about responsibilities and consequences. To ‘non-IT’ people, its value is often only highlighted when something goes wrong – when an IT governance failure has real and negative impacts on the organisation and those stakeholders.
In 2020, What is Good IT Culture? (Part Two)
In 2019, the challenges for effective IT governance are different than at any time in the past The rate of change of technology and threats and the shifting world of governance are particular challenges to developing and maintaining good IT culture.
In 2020, What is Good IT Culture? (Part One)
In 2019, the challenges for effective IT governance are different than at any time in the past The rate of change of technology and threats and the shifting world of governance are particular challenges to developing and maintaining good IT culture.
Leading Cybersecurity Risks: The Essential Eight
IT governance is about managing information as an asset consistently with organisational strategy and organisational culture. It is about practices, supported by policies, processes, and procedures, that are subject to continuous improvement as new trends emerge internally and externally.
Understanding the Importance of IT governance
Modern organisations need to understand the importance of IT governance and the valuable role of the IT department as an enabler for the organisation. A well-developed IT governance framework is central overall good governance. IT governance is about responsibilities and consequences.
Protecting IT governance through the IT budget
In many organisations, the IT budget is regarded as a cost centre. Something that adds little value and diverts budget from other more ‘deserving’ or ‘important’ areas. While the specifics of IT vary between organisations, IT provides the information systems that support service delivery. It is an investment in the organisation’s ability to do its ‘job’ – it enables the rest of the functions.