Understanding IT risks and issues for (non-IT) management and internal auditors
Overview
This one day workshop enables delegates to understand the risks, threats and opportunities Information Technology (IT) can bring to a business. We will cover all the activities that IT departments perform, from planning to system support and monitoring and we will discuss the risks that these expose your business to.
We will also cover some of the good practice and principles that should be considered in seeking / providing assurance over IT risks. You will learn to ask the right questions of your IT department, and we will enable you to better understand and challenge their answers.
Who Should Attend?
Executives, senior managers and auditors who would like to gain an understanding of business IT, and how good practice should shape the IT department's activities to minimise business risk and maximise benefits.
Benefits To You & Your Organisation
- Understand the principles of good IT management
- Raise your awareness of the risks and threats that various activities may pose to the business
- Understand the implications that poorly secured or implemented systems may have on the business
- Provide you with an understanding of how to perform an IT risk assessment
- Support you in creation of an effective IT governance framework, shaping the IT department to the needs of the business
- Help you articulate and set appropriate standards for acceptable IT service delivery
- Support alignment of business strategic goals and IT's goals.
- Provide you with a high level understanding of the key components of an IT system, and explaining some of the jargon
- Highlighting the best sources of IT good practice and support