CISA Notes

Preparing for a Breach Investigation
www.isaca.org/About-ISACA/-ISACA-Newsletter/Pages/@-isaca-volume-1-13-january-2016.aspx

@ISACA Volume 1 | 13 January 2016 “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” These words, attributed to the late management consultant Peter Drucker, are often used to describe organizations that fail despite having a great strategy, the best trained staff or abundant revenue. But what is culture and how does it impact risk management i…

Risk and Politics

By Jack Freund, Ph.D., CISA, CISM, CRISC

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http://www.isaca.org/About-ISACA/-ISACA-Newsletter/Pages/@-isaca-volume-26-30-december-2015.aspx

@ISACA Volume 26 | 30 December 2015 If you have worked in the IT risk profession for any period of time, you have undoubtedly felt pressured into adjusting risk ratings to satisfy a constituency. Perhaps it was to support the status quo or to postpone risk response until action could be conveniently taken. A common reason for this pre…

COBIT 5 and Independent IT Services Suppliers

By Vincent Pearce, CGEIT, ITIL, priSM
http://www.isaca.org/COBIT/focus/Pages/cobit-5-and-independent-it-services-suppliers.aspx

COBIT 5 and Independent IT Services Suppliers I focus on delivering IT managed service outsource transitions and implementations, working with organisations that are outsourcing IT services or transitioning between suppliers. As an IT managed service specialist, I have extensive experience with ITIL; however, when bearing in mind the end-to-end…