Rules of law
Moral integrity
Transparency
Transparency and open communication brings compliance requirements to the forefront and assures understanding across all parties.
Participation
compliance with the requirements set forth.
Responsibility & Accountability
Effectiveness & Efficiency
The Four Pillars Of
Cybersecurity Governance.
STEP 1External Risks
Identifying types of attacks, where they are likely to occur, who is likely to attack, and probability of occurrence. These are all used to create the preventative plan and mitigate the risk of these attacks.
STEP 2Internal Exposure
Managing internal exposure is achieved through two-factor authentication, password protection, secured networks, devices and endpoints. Even with all these policies implemented, tracking and monitoring all data transfers to recognize differences will be the critical element in identifying potential exposure.
STEP 3Ecosystem Exposure
Identification of exposure between your company and each company you do business with is a first and secondary exposure potential within your cybersecurity ecosystem. Beyond this, knowing who your third party exposure risks are is beneficial in preventing data breaches. When you can’t know your third party exposures, implementing security measures to protect data access will be key
STEP 4Social & Reputation Threats
The value of your brand is at stake. Any major security breach can dramatically reduce consumer trust in your brand and impact your customer base and eventually the success of your organization.
Elements Of
Good Governance
Improve the quality of decision making, monitoring and control.To achieve this our experts will assess your governance on the presence of:
If you have implemented the policies but they are in their initial phase, we will detail the next steps to bring them up to a defined, managed or optimized policy.
If your systems have surpassed implementation and are being actively managed, we look at who manages them and what standards they are achieving.
This may be a cause for additional resources if compliance is not being fully met.
We take our assessment and rate your governance compliance on a scale of 1 to 5 for various categories. These categories range from initial implementation, to disciplined, defined or managed, and proceed to optimized, proactive and fully governed. We preform this assessment to clarify the maturity of your systems and how they can be improved and fully optimized for greatest compliance to applicable governance to your industry needs.
Systems that meet all compliance standards established and achieve all six pillars of governance defined are still never complete. The world of technology evolves and we must adapt. Let Digital Forge work with your team to assess, audit and initiate proper controls to keep you in compliance as the systems and methods evolve
Following The Key Elements Of Good Governance
Prove compliance with the highest of governance standards.
Improve the profile and reputation of the organization.
Improve the quality of decision making, monitoring and control.
To achieve this our experts will assess your governance on the presence of:
- Rules & Policies
- Management & Accountability
- Structure & Decision Making
Have all required rules and policies been implemented and to what level.
If you have implemented the policies but they are in their initial phase, we will detail the next steps to bring them up to a defined, managed or optimized policy.
How are your systems managed and who Is accountable for their maintenance?
If your systems have surpassed implementation and are being actively managed, we look at who manages them and what standards they are achieving.
This may be a cause for additional resources if compliance is not being fully met.
The structure of implementation can greatly impact how improvements and updates are distributed. Creating a system that is structures for easily notification, identification and distribution of information when needed is a critical step to assuring no lapse in compliance occurs during the lifecycle of your system.
We take our assessment and rate your governance compliance on a scale of 1 to 5 for various categories. These categories range from initial implementation, to disciplined, defined or managed, and proceed to optimized, proactive and fully governed. We preform this assessment to clarify the maturity of your systems and how they can be improved and fully optimized for greatest compliance to applicable governance to your industry needs.
Systems that meet all compliance standards established and achieve all six pillars of governance defined are still never complete. The world of technology evolves and we must adapt. Let Digital Forge work with your team to assess, audit and initiate proper controls to keep you in compliance as the systems and methods evolve
Meeting Or Exceeding
Your Expectations?
Many organizations suffer from these issues because of a lack of Governance.
IT Governance is essential for the strategic alignment of IT resources with business strategies and goals, and for ensuring security, compliance, and maximized performance.
We help stakeholders understand their current footprint and exposure regarding IT assets and investments and help you determine where you want to be, based on your input, industry standards, and best practices.
What Our IT Governance Services Can Do For Your Organization
,and then determining how IT resources can achieve them in the most productive and efficient way possible. Most importantly helping you understand the inner workings of your environment and ensuring a level of accountability that your systems are truly as you expect them to be.
At the conclusion of our engagements, we’ll provide an in-depth report and framework that best aligns with your business objectives, and we’ll be there to help with all the portfolio planning, capital management guidance, process, and tools you need to implement it.
The Results
- A shift in focus and resources to strategic applications
- Solutions template and infrastructure for repeated use
- Improved technology planning
- Enhanced business processes
- Maximized efficiency and investment
- Minimized cyber risks
- Lowered costs
- Increased productivity
Assessment
Cybersecurity Audits and IT Governance Are A Growing Priority For Stakeholders.
Cybersecurity and Governance audits are a confirmation that customer data is protected and that digital threats are managed according to organizational policies. The Institute of Internal Auditors specifies that this attestation of security and protection must be provided through an internal audit or an independent assessor.
Despite the crucial role audits play in cybersecurity and meeting regulatory compliance, many organizations do not have the resources required to perform an internal audit. Even if these resources are available, the experience necessary to plan and execute a cybersecurity audit is often lacking.
Digital Forge provides a complete Governance and Assessment solution. We offer multiple options including a co-sourced solution that utilizes your internal audit departments or an independent audit that is commissioned by senior management and completely contained within a Digital Forge engagement.
Our audits include enterprise risk assessments, controls assessments, audit planning, and the final audit and testing. Enterprise risk assessment creates a risk-based view of your most important investments which allows audits to be further prioritized.
The final assessment report evaluates the design and effectiveness of your current controls using interviews, observation, sampling/inspections, and re-performance.
Audit And Control
Without IT Governance, decision making, oversight, and visibility into IT organization become a challenge. It’s not a question of whether you need IT Governance, but rather the standards and models that are best for aligning with your business strategies and goals.
Our controls assessment helps to determine the maturity of your cybersecurity controls. Depending on the findings of the control’s assessment, a technology improvement roadmap may be necessary, and Digital Forge will work with your organization’s stakeholders and senior leaders to design and implement a forward-thinking strategic technology plan and governance solution.
Central, Local, or Distributed IT Governance
A primary component of getting started with or improving IT governance is deciding if IT authority should reside centrally, locally, or distributed as a combination of the two. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t so simple because there’s no one size fits all IT governance model, and every organization will benefit most from a different setup. On top of that, the model that works best for your organization now, might not be the best option in the future.
Option For
Your Organization
process are:
- How critical is alignment across the organization and regions?
- Which IT processes are vital for you?
- Can the essential IT processes be handled locally? Centrally?
- Where does decision-making occur?
How to Know if You Lack Strong IT Governance
- Increased costs due to redundancy of processes
- Finding surprise systems running remotely (Shadow IT)
- Governance policies or guidelines are not being followed
- Poor productivity due to incorrect processes
- Lack of traceability and accountability
- Inability to align IT execution to business strategy
- Limited visibility for informed decisions
- Project budget overruns
- Inefficiencies in operations
- Exposure to regulatory and compliance standards
If you feel your overall governance and accountability has room for improvement and your organization is ready for a more successful approach, contact Digital Forge to see how our approach can improve operations and accountability while making your organization run more smoothly.
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