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Planning and Managing IT Infrastructure Manmohan Sharma , Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 5: Corporate Governance and IT

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
5.1 Corporate Governance
5.1.1 Benefits of Corporate Governance

5.2 IT Governance
5.2.1 Four Pillars of IT Governance
5.2.2 IT Governance Structures, Processes and Relational Mechanisms
5.3 Mitigating IT-related Risks
5.3.1 Developing an Effective Strategy
5.3.2 Need for a Structured Governance Framework
5.3.3 Plans Falling short?
5.4 Need of Understanding IT Governance
5.5 IT Governance Frameworks
5.5.1 COBIT
5.5.2 ITIL
5.5.3 ISO 17799
5.6 Business Continuity Planning
5.6.1 Benefits of a Business Continuity Plan
5.6.2 Business Continuity Plan Management
5.6.3 Strategies for Testing your Business Continuity Plan
5.7 Summary
5.8 Keywords
5.9 Review Questions
5.10 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you should be able to:
Define the concept of corporate governance and IT governance
Discuss the process of mitigating IT-related risks
Discuss the need of understanding IT governance
Explain IT governance frameworks
Describe the concept of business continuity planning

Introduction

Corporate Governance refers to the way a corporation is governed. It is the technique by which
companies are directed and managed. It means carrying the business as per the stakeholders’

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