Service Description
IT Compliance Services
The role of IT governance is constantly changing in the face of the ever increasing business and international legislation requirements. The enforcement of IT controls and the implementation of accepted standards such as CMMI, ITIL, and ISO 17799 are no longer optional. Additionally, Control Objectives for IT (CobiT) is fast becoming a global standard for defining the framework of IT controls in support of IT governance requirements.
Determining, selecting and deploying enterprise and compliance management solutions require much more than technology components. Successful businesses need a solution provider who can help them challenge conventional wisdom and the on-going pressure to “do more with less”, design the most efficient automation, preserve existing technology investments yet, ensuring compliance with business and international legislations and regulations.
IT Compliance Assessment
The following model depicts a high-level framework of some of the more profound regulatory and business best practices impacting IT Governance.
In addition to elements outlined in the above diagram there are industry specific regulatory and business best practices that organizations have to comply with.
Understanding your organization's industry regulations, business objectives, and the current state of compliance with relevant requirements is the first step in developing an objective evaluation of your organization's compliance with regulatory and business requirements. Defining a baseline of regulatory and business best practice compliance is the next step in the process. This baseline is then used to determine what requirements are mandatory, which are industry standards that are demanded and expected by customers, and which are "nice to have".
Together with your management, our consultants will help in developing a comprehensive plan that is aligned with your organization's strategy, prioritized in the most optimal order for implementing the regulatory frameworks while ensuring efficiency, elimination of duplication (among various requirements), and minimizing disruption to the on-going business process.
Once a plan of implementation is defined, our consultants will conduct an audit on the relevant IT systems in your organization according to CMMI, CISA, and CobiT frameworks and methodologies. This audit will provide you with an objective expert opinion on the state of compliance of the audited IT areas reviewed in your organization.
Implementation Support and Guidance
The success of every organizational change implementation depends on several key factors: management's commitment, the maturity of the organization and adequate preparation and training prior, during, and post change implementation.
We offer courses and workshops designed to enrich participants with the relevant background, understanding, and skill level required to ensure that the implementation of a new regulatory or business framework in the organization is successful.
We found that in many cases support and guidance during the implementation of new business process or its adaptation by various groups in the organization work best with coaching and the guiding hand of an expert. Coaching services can be provided at the frequency that is most appropriate for the organization (weekly, monthly, quarterly or in any appropriate combination).
Special projects
Our consultants are available to conduct special purpose studies to support and assist in assessing and resolving particular business or management needs.