IT Governance: Policies and Procedures, 2021 Edition


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The role of IT management is changing even more quickly than information technology itself. IT Governance Policies & Procedures, 2021 Edition, is an updated guide and decision-making reference that can help you to devise an information systems policy and procedure program uniquely tailored to the needs of your organization. This valuable resource not only provides extensive sample policies, but also gives the information you need to develop useful and effective policies for your unique environment. For fingertip access to the information you need on IT governance, policy and planning, documentation, systems analysis and design, and much more, the materials in this ready-reference desk manual can be used by you or your staff as models or templates to create similar documents for your own organization. The 2021 Edition brings you the following changes: The chapter on Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) has been thoroughly revised to incorporate the recent launch of ITIL version 4. The sections on causes of employee burnout, as well as the potential pitfalls of poor recruiting practices, have been expanded. New material has been added to address the increased use of video conferencing for virtual workers, as well as the need to safeguard personal smartphones that store company information. Tips for developing a mobile device policy have been added. Additional pitfalls associated with end-user computing have been added. A new subsection regarding data storage guidelines for documents subject to data retention laws has been added. Additional tips regarding data management have been added. Appendix A has been updated to include data breach notification laws for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and also to reflect changes to Vermont's data breach notification laws. Data from recent surveys and reports has been added and updated in the Comment sections throughout. In addition, exhibits, sample policies, and worksheets are included in each chapter, which can also be accessed at WoltersKluwerLR.com/ITgovAppendices. You can copy these exhibits, sample policies, and worksheets and use them as a starting point for developing your own resources by making the necessary changes. Previous Edition: IT Governance: Policies & Procedures, 2020 Edition ISBN 9781543810998







IT Governance: Policies and Procedures, 2019 Edition


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IT Governance: Policies & Procedures, 2019 Edition is the premier decision-making reference to help you to devise an information systems policy and procedure program uniquely tailored to the needs of your organization. Not only does it provide extensive sample policies, but this valuable resource gives you the information you need to develop useful and effective policies for your unique environment. IT Governance: Policies & Procedures provides fingertip access to the information you need on: Policy and planning Documentation Systems analysis and design And more! Previous Edition: IT Governance: Policies & Procedures, 2018 Edition ISBN 9781454884316¿




Designing Smart and Resilient Cities for a Post-Pandemic World


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Are pandemics the end of cities? Or, do they present an opportunity for us to reshape cities in ways making us even more innovative, successful and sustainable? Pandemics such as COVID-19 (and comparable disruptions) have caused intense debates over the future of cities. Through a series of investigative studies, Designing Smart and Resilient Cities for a Post-Pandemic World: Metropandemic Revolution seeks to critically discuss and compare different cases, innovations and approaches as to how cities can utilise nascent and future digital technology and/or new strategies in order to build stronger resilience to better tackle comparable large-scale pandemics and/or disruptions in the future. The authors identify ten separate societal areas where future digital technology can impact resilience. These are discussed in individual chapters. Each chapter concludes with a set of proposed "action points" based on the conclusions of each respective study. These serve as solid policy recommendations of what courses of action to take, to help increase the resilience in smart cities for each designated area. Securing resilience and cohesion between each area will bring about the metropandemic revolution. This book features a foreword by Nobel laureate Peter C. Doherty and an afterword by Professor of Urban Technologies, Carlo Ratti. It provides fresh and unique insights on smart cities and futures studies in a pandemic context, offers profound reflections on contemporary societal functions and the needs to build resilience and combines lessons learned from historical pandemics with possibilities offered by future technology.




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IT Governance: Policies and Procedures, 2022 Edition




IT Governance: Policies and Procedures, 2020 Edition


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IT Governance: Policies & Procedures, 2020 Edition is the premier decision-making reference to help you to devise an information systems policy and procedure program uniquely tailored to the needs of your organization. Not only does it provide extensive sample policies, but this valuable resource gives you the information you need to develop useful and effective policies for your unique environment. IT Governance: Policies & Procedures provides fingertip access to the information you need on: Policy and planning Documentation Systems analysis and design And more! Previous Edition: IT Governance: Policies & Procedures, 2019 Edition ISBN 9781543802221




COVID-19 Challenges to University Information Technology Governance


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The purpose of this book is to provide a model that speaks specifically to adopting Information Technology Governance (ITG) and University Governance processes. Utilizing numerous studies, investigations and research on IT and University Governance and adapting previous and future proposed models for the current pandemic, the book speaks specifically to adopting effective ITG and University Governance processes. The book comprises a number of chapters contributed by leading international authors which analyze all aspects of IT and University Governance in relation to their impact on strategies in Finance, Sustainability, Academic, Research, Students and Faculty, Leadership, Campus, Employment and Recruitment, Quality Assurance, External and Industrial Relations, Internationalization, Transformation, and Board and Scholarship. Findings from the research conducted by these leading authors provide solutions for higher education institutions in planning and allocating IT resources, managing the ownership of IT and other business projects while developing strategic committees and providing appropriate governance within the context of institutional objectives.




IT Governance


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For many companies, their intellectual property can often be more valuable than their physical assets. Having an effective IT governance strategy in place can protect this intellectual property, reducing the risk of theft and infringement. Data protection, privacy and breach regulations, computer misuse around investigatory powers are part of a complex and often competing range of requirements to which directors must respond. There is increasingly the need for an overarching information security framework that can provide context and coherence to compliance activity worldwide. IT Governance is a key resource for forward-thinking managers and executives at all levels, enabling them to understand how decisions about information technology in the organization should be made and monitored, and, in particular, how information security risks are best dealt with. The development of IT governance - which recognises the convergence between business practice and IT management - makes it essential for managers at all levels, and in organizations of all sizes, to understand how best to deal with information security risk. The new edition has been full updated to take account of the latest regulatory and technological developments, including the creation of the International Board for IT Governance Qualifications. IT Governance also includes new material on key international markets - including the UK and the US, Australia and South Africa.




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Activist Shareholders in Corporate Governance


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This book explores the regulatory challenges of public company shareholder activism. Around the world, policy makers, practitioners and academics debate how best to regulate shareholder activism. Using Australia as a case study, the book examines key issues raised by this debate. With a market structure and legal settings that are conducive to activism, Australia makes an ideal case study and provides a fresh comparative perspective on the regulatory debate about shareholder activism, which tends to be dominated by US-focused analysis and commentary. The book presents empirical evidence which reveals that Australian activism is a significant and multifaceted phenomenon, undertaken by different types of activists pursuing varying strategies and supported by a range of complementary market developments. The book uses this evidence to develop comparative insights and explore internationally topical issues, including: - activists' willingness to use interventionist governance rights; - the role of intermediaries such as proxy advisers in facilitating activism; - institutional investor stewardship; and - the risks of collective shareholder activism. This book provides an important comparative perspective on the topic of shareholder activism. It is an essential resource for policy makers, practitioners and academics interested in the regulatory implications of shareholder activism.