Governance
What is Governance?
The system by which an organisation is directed and controlled. IT governance ensures that IT investments support business objectives and manage risks appropriately.
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Requirements naming governance across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Requirement 0016 (Part One: Governance, section 2.5 Entity Protective Security Roles and Responsibilities; applies to All entities; dated 31 October 2024;
protective-security-policy-framework-pspf-release-2026::0016 · 0016 Accountable Authority approves tailored security governance →Governance components should be reviewed at regular intervals so they stay up to date and relevant and keep mirroring how the organization's context is changing.
iso-37004-2023::4.4.8 · Governance component reviews →Using the management system design, the enterprise sets target capability levels for its processes and the order in which they are implemented.
cobit-2019::APO01.03 · APO01.03 Implement management processes (to support the achievement of governance and management objectives) →Build the practices the governance committees use to manage the arrangement: identify the committees, set out how and when meetings take place, define their charters, staff them timely and appropriately, and identify information reporting requirements.
iso-37500-2014::5.5.3 · Establish governance committee →Write the strategy and charter: vision, mission, goals, principles, the operating framework, an implementation roadmap and a plan for operational success, approved by the sponsors.
dama-dmbok2-data-management-body-of-knowledge-2nd-edition::DG.2.5 · DG.2.5 Develop data governance strategy →Applying the risk governance principle to IT is expected to show up as critical and strategic IT risks overseen against a set appetite, opportunities weighed with threats, and digital resilience demonstrated, and through them to contribute to the three outcome...
iso-iec-38500-2024::5.10.3 · Risk governance: outcomes →Questions people ask about governance
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