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By Ron Richard | 3 Minutes Read January 2, 2013

Enhancing quality and correcting the threat of intimidation in reporting obligations

To start the year with a challenge, perhaps consider this as one of your organization’s new year's resolutions, addressing or correcting the threat of intimidation within reporting obligations inside your organization. What am I talking about? To illustrate,

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By Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA | 3 Minutes Read November 19, 2012

COBIT evolves as technology does

CobiT 5 was released in 2012. It takes a higher-level governance approach, focusing on stakeholders and their needs. It incorporates the internal control focus of earlier versions of CobiT but goes beyond them.

Article by Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA / Business, Privacy / Alignment of IT and business strategy, and monitor, balanced scorecard, Business, COBIT, Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology, direct, domain, Evaluate, information technology, Information Technology PolicyPro, Internal Controls, internal processes, IT control model, IT-related goals, ITPP, manage IT risks, management of enterprise information technology, risk assessment, risk identification, technology

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read December 19, 2011

Is it time for directors to take responsibility for IT governance and strategy?

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) thinks so. It has developed ISO 38500 to complement COBIT and ITIL, comparing the standards to the roof, walls and foundation of a house...

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Privacy / beyond compliance, business strategy, COBIT, information technology, International Organization for Standardization, ISO, ISO 38500, IT governance, IT priorities, IT strategy, ITIL, strategy review

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