Technology risk

Understanding and managing techdnology risks

Information Technology risk and governance issues are increasingly appearing on the agendas of large company boards and audit committees. Senior IT executives now hold more personal responsibility for the resilience and integrity of Information processing than ever before.

The CIO's challenge:

• Achieving alignment of IT with companies' business objectives
• Dealing with increasingly complex technology environments
• Protecting against a plethora of new threats and vulnerabilities
• Increased regulatory compliance obligations
• Out of control IT projects
• Achieving visibility of IT Spend and the value it returns to the business

Many organisations are racing to plug internal control gaps, however it is important to address the root cause. Only through embedding robust IT governance and control frameworks will companies ensure that IT-related business risks are identified and addressed to achieve the visibility of the value that IT delivers to the business.

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