Steering Committee
What is Steering Committee?
A governance body of senior stakeholders that provides strategic direction, oversight, and decision-making for major programs and initiatives.
Terms that appear alongside steering committee
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as steering committee. The number is how many controls name both.
- governance 8 shared controls
- compliance 4 shared controls
- policy 4 shared controls
- change management 4 shared controls
- ciso 3 shared controls
- iso 27001 3 shared controls
- audit 3 shared controls
- cybersecurity 3 shared controls
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What the standards actually require on steering committee
Requirements naming steering committee across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
The bank establishes an IT Steering Committee with senior management representation from IT and business functions, meeting at least quarterly.
rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::21 · Para 21: IT Steering Committee meeting at least quarterly →Large and complex projects that affect the business should have a steering committee of key stakeholders, including business owners and IT, providing direction, guidance and oversight so milestones and deliverables are achieved on time;
monetary-authority-of-singapore-technology-risk-management-guidelines::5.2 · 5.2 Project Steering Committee →The CISO should promote alignment and communication between information security and the business through a steering committee or advisory board for information security that meets formally and regularly and includes key business and ICT executives.
new-zealand-information-security-manual-nzism::3.2.12.C.01 · 3.2.12.C.01 Information security steering committee →The CISO coordinates cyber security and business alignment through a cyber security steering committee or advisory board, comprising of key cyber security and business executives, which meets formally and on a regular basis.
ISM-0725 · Cyber security steering committee →The CIO or CTO is accountable for developing and implementing the IT strategy that supports the business strategy within the risk appetite, oversees the IT budget, performance management, acquisition oversight, professional development and training, implements...
ffiec-it-examination-handbook::MGT-I.A.2(b) · I.A.2(b) Chief Information Officer or Chief Technology Officer (Management) →Design the operating model (centralized, decentralized, hybrid, federated) and the bodies and roles that make decisions and resolve issues: steering committee, council, office, stewards, with their decision rights and escalation paths.
dama-dmbok2-data-management-body-of-knowledge-2nd-edition::DG.2.6 · DG.2.6 Define the data governance operating framework →Questions people ask about steering committee
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