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IT Service Management

What is IT Service Management?

A set of policies, processes, and procedures for managing the delivery and support of IT services to meet organizational and customer requirements.

Governance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as it service management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on it service management

Requirements naming it service management across 4 standards, quoted from the control text.

A robust IT service management framework should comprise the governance structure, processes and procedures for configuration, technology refresh, patch, change, software release, incident and problem management, supporting IT services and operations and the s...

monetary-authority-of-singapore-technology-risk-management-guidelines::7.1 · 7.1 IT Service Management Framework →

The bank puts in place a robust IT service management framework supporting its information systems and infrastructure to ensure operational resilience across the whole IT environment, DR sites included.

rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::34 · Para 34: IT service management framework for operational resilience including DR sites →

IT Services Management. IT service management processes must support stable services, covering configuration management, change management, software release management, incident and problem management, and performance and capacity management (para 33).

BMA-9 · Information Technology Services Management →
HKMA TM-G-11 control

HKMA TM-G-1 IT Operations. (1) IT OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (TM-G-1.5.1) - 24x7 operations + monitoring + service delivery + ITIL + ITSM + operations runbooks + procedures + sound operational practices + automation + DevOps + SRE + IT service management metrics +...

HKMA-TMG1-Operations-Capacity-Problem-Incident · TM-G-1 IT Operations + Capacity + Performance + Problem + Incident Management →

Questions people ask about it service management

What is IT Service Management?
A set of policies, processes, and procedures for managing the delivery and support of IT services to meet organizational and customer requirements.
Why is IT Service Management important for compliance?
IT Service Management is a key concept in Governance. Understanding it service management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address IT Service Management?
IT Service Management appears in the requirement text of Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology Risk Management Guidelines, RBI Cybersecurity Framework for Banks, Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) Cyber Risk Management Code of Conduct, HKMA TM-G-1. Across these standards we have identified 5 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about IT Service Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how it service management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how IT Service Management applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.