Information Security (IS) and IT Strategic Planning
IS / IT Strategic Planning Solutions and Services
The challenges for IT and Information Assurance (IA) managers are to coordinate and work in partnership with the business to deliver high quality IT services. This has to be achieved while reducing the overall TCO and often increasing the frequency, complexity and the volume of change. The main method of realizing this goal is the operation of effective processes and the provision of appropriate, value for money services. To achieve this, the correct processes need to be developed and implemented with in-built assessment and improvement mechanisms. The key issues facing many of today's senior Cyber Security, IA, and IT Managers are:
IT, IA, and business strategic planning
Integrating and aligning IT, IA, and business goals
Acquiring and retaining the right resources and skill sets
Implementing continuous improvement
Measuring IT organization effectiveness and efficiency
Reducing costs and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Achieving and demonstrating Value For Money (VFM) and Return on Investment (ROI)
Demonstrating the business value of IT
Developing business and IT partnerships and relationships
Improving project delivery success
Outsourcing, insourcing and smart sourcing
Using IT to gain competitive advantage
Delivering the required, business justified IT services (i.e. delivering what is required, when required and at an agreed cost)
Managing constant business and IT change
Following the sun and offshore operations
Demonstrating appropriate IT and IA governance
Management therefore needs to develop joint strategies and plans to combat the dynamic and complex Cyber Security threat. Nevertheless, several organizations, in the past and still today, recognize the advantages of technology and then the processes, partners and people's roles are engineered to fit the technology and its limitations.
ACT Integrity Consultants, Engineers and Security Professionals focus on best industry practices, people, and processes (one of the core principles of ITIL) is instrumental in developing a sound IT and Security framework. Our solutions and service in Strategic Planning and Finance Management is listed below:
Strategic Planning
Finance
The challenges for IT and Information Assurance (IA) managers are to coordinate and work in partnership with the business to deliver high quality IT services. This has to be achieved while reducing the overall TCO and often increasing the frequency, complexity and the volume of change. The main method of realizing this goal is the operation of effective processes and the provision of appropriate, value for money services. To achieve this, the correct processes need to be developed and implemented with in-built assessment and improvement mechanisms. The key issues facing many of today's senior Cyber Security, IA, and IT Managers are:
IT, IA, and business strategic planning
Integrating and aligning IT, IA, and business goals
Acquiring and retaining the right resources and skill sets
Implementing continuous improvement
Measuring IT organization effectiveness and efficiency
Reducing costs and the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Achieving and demonstrating Value For Money (VFM) and Return on Investment (ROI)
Demonstrating the business value of IT
Developing business and IT partnerships and relationships
Improving project delivery success
Outsourcing, insourcing and smart sourcing
Using IT to gain competitive advantage
Delivering the required, business justified IT services (i.e. delivering what is required, when required and at an agreed cost)
Managing constant business and IT change
Following the sun and offshore operations
Demonstrating appropriate IT and IA governance
Management therefore needs to develop joint strategies and plans to combat the dynamic and complex Cyber Security threat. Nevertheless, several organizations, in the past and still today, recognize the advantages of technology and then the processes, partners and people's roles are engineered to fit the technology and its limitations.
ACT Integrity Consultants, Engineers and Security Professionals focus on best industry practices, people, and processes (one of the core principles of ITIL) is instrumental in developing a sound IT and Security framework. Our solutions and service in Strategic Planning and Finance Management is listed below:
Strategic Planning
- Design, develop and maintain Enterprise Information Security Architecture (EISA) by aligning business processes, IT software and hardware, local and wide area networks, people, operations, and projects with the organization’s overall security strategy.
- Manage and perform external analysis of the organization (e.g., analysis of customers, competitors, markets and industry environment) and internal analysis (risk management, organizational capabilities, performance measurement etc.) and utilize them to align information security program with organization’s objectives
- Develop and define a forward-looking, visionary and innovative strategic plan for the role of the information security program with clear goals, objectives and targets that support the operational needs of the organization
- Establish and define key performance indicators and measure effectiveness on continuous basis
- Manage IT investments to ensure they are on track to support organization’s strategic objectives
- Manage and monitor and update activities to ensure accountability and progress.
Finance
- Balance the IT security investment portfolio based on EISA considerations and enterprise security priorities
- Monitor and oversee cost management of information security projects, return on investment (ROI) of key purchases related to IT infrastructure and security and ensure alignment with the strategic plan
- Analyze, forecast and develop the operational budget of the IT department
- Develop IA security requirements for statements of work
- Develop measures and reporting standards to measure and report on key objectives in procurement's aligned with IT security policies and procedures
- Ensure the inclusion of risk-based IT security requirements in acquisition plans, cost estimates, Statement of Objectives (SOO), Statement of Work (SOW), and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) contracts, and evaluation factors for award, service level agreements, and other pertinent procurement documents
- Identify different procurement strategies and cost-benefit analysis during procurement of an information system