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Information Security Governance Governance ensures that stakeholder needs,
Structure conditions, and options are evaluated to
determined balanced, agreed upon enterprise
objectives to be achieved.
Business Alignment involves: Mission, Goals/Objectives, and Strategy
What does Information Security Objectives, Strategy, Policy, Processes, Controls,
governance provide? Metrics/Reporting
Key results of an effective security Increased Trust & Improved Reputation
governance program:
ISACA Definition of Risk Appetite: The level of risk that an organization is willing to
accept while in pursuit of its mission, strategy,
and objectives, and before action is needed to
treat the risk.
ISACA Definition of Risk Capacity: The objective amount of loss that an organization
can tolerate without its continued existence
being called into question
, ISACA Definition of Risk Profile: Documents the types, amounts and priority of
information risk that an organization finds
acceptable and unacceptable. This profile is
developed collaboratively with numerous
stakeholders throughout the organization,
including data and process owners, enterprise
risk management, internal and external audit,
legal, compliance, & privacy.
Mature Organizations Will: Develop and publish a statement of risk tolerance
or appetite that expresses risk tolerance levels
throughout the business
What do we really need to have a Technology
handle on?: Architecture
People
Process
Information Security governance is Every person in the organization knows what is
most effective when: expected of them.
RACI Charts: Charts that show Responsibility, Accountability,
Consultation, and Informed roles for project
stakeholders
Variations of RACI Model: Participant, Accountable, Review Required, Input
Required, Sign off Required (PARIS)
Perform, Accountable, Control, Support,
Informed (PACSI)
Board of Directors Principle 1 Approach Cybersecurity as enterprise wide issue,
rather than just IT issue.
Board of Directors Principle 2 Understand legal implications associated with
cyber risk.
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Terms in this set (201)
Information Security Governance Governance ensures that stakeholder needs,
Structure conditions, and options are evaluated to
determined balanced, agreed upon enterprise
objectives to be achieved.
Business Alignment involves: Mission, Goals/Objectives, and Strategy
What does Information Security Objectives, Strategy, Policy, Processes, Controls,
governance provide? Metrics/Reporting
Key results of an effective security Increased Trust & Improved Reputation
governance program:
ISACA Definition of Risk Appetite: The level of risk that an organization is willing to
accept while in pursuit of its mission, strategy,
and objectives, and before action is needed to
treat the risk.
ISACA Definition of Risk Capacity: The objective amount of loss that an organization
can tolerate without its continued existence
being called into question
, ISACA Definition of Risk Profile: Documents the types, amounts and priority of
information risk that an organization finds
acceptable and unacceptable. This profile is
developed collaboratively with numerous
stakeholders throughout the organization,
including data and process owners, enterprise
risk management, internal and external audit,
legal, compliance, & privacy.
Mature Organizations Will: Develop and publish a statement of risk tolerance
or appetite that expresses risk tolerance levels
throughout the business
What do we really need to have a Technology
handle on?: Architecture
People
Process
Information Security governance is Every person in the organization knows what is
most effective when: expected of them.
RACI Charts: Charts that show Responsibility, Accountability,
Consultation, and Informed roles for project
stakeholders
Variations of RACI Model: Participant, Accountable, Review Required, Input
Required, Sign off Required (PARIS)
Perform, Accountable, Control, Support,
Informed (PACSI)
Board of Directors Principle 1 Approach Cybersecurity as enterprise wide issue,
rather than just IT issue.
Board of Directors Principle 2 Understand legal implications associated with
cyber risk.
