Governance & Management of Enterprise IT (GEIT)

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Evaluating Cloud Automation as a Service

Organizations have already discovered how cloud automation as a service can help them share applications and information regardless of the technology in use or their location.

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How to Evaluate Knowledge and Knowledge Management in the Organization Using COBIT 5

Author: Bostjan Delak

This article seeks to evaluate how the use of COBIT 5 can enhance the due diligence for knowledge management and knowledge evaluation within an enterprise.

Additional languages available: 中文

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Navigating I/O Flows/Networks to Enhance the Governance Management Cycle

Author: Makoto Miyazaki

What constitutes true adoption of COBIT 5? Is it a minimum condition that at least one principle of COBIT 5 is adopted for true adoption of COBIT 5?

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The Time for Sustainable Business Is Now: Leveraging COBIT 5 in Sustainable Businesses

Author: Graciela Braga

Stakeholders expect that businesses create value, but at what cost? In the end, stakeholders and businesses are looking for the same thing: to protect their future.

Additional languages available: Português

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The Underestimated Social Engineering Threat in IT Security Governance and Management

Author: Roberto Puricelli

The Underestimated Social Engineering Threat in IT Security Governance & Management. Reviewing the human factor as a necessary part of IS.

Additional languages available: Português | 中文

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Toward a Secure Data Center Model

Authors: Brett van Niekerk and Pierre Jacobs

Toward a Secure Data Center Model. Defining data centers, security models, technical controls, consolidated frameworks and administration.

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Cloud Computing: Software-defined WAN Changes Retail Security Paradigm

Author: Steve Woo

The adoption of cloud-based retail applications, as well as increasing demands for agility, for example, with pop-up retail, is changing the requirements for network access.

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Information Ethics: The Limits of Rules

Author: Vasant Raval

T. H. Green, a renowned ethicist, once said: “…Whatever moral capacity must be presupposed, it is only actualized through the habits, institutions, and laws, in virtue of which the individuals form a nation.”

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Information Security Matters: Frameworkers of the World Unite 2

Author: Steven J. Ross

Every now and again, I like to take a poke at standards, just to see what makes them work. Under consideration here is the cybersecurity framework published by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology early in 2014.

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IS Audit Basics: The Soft Skills Challenge

Author: Ed Gelbstein

ISACA Journal: IS Audit Basics: The Soft Skills Challenge. Reviews soft skills that do not appear in the Certified Information Systems Auditor examination.

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The Network: Opeyemi Onifade

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What are your three goals for 2015?

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Book Review: Gray Hat Hacking

Authors: Allen Harper, Shon Harris, Jonathan Ness, Chris Eagle, Gideon Lenkey, and Terron Williams

Gray Hat Hacking: The Ethical Hacker's Handbook is written by a team of experts with advanced knowledge in gray hat hacking and penetration testing.

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IS Audit Basics: The Soft Skills Challenge, Part 2

Author: Ed Gelbstein

This issue examines a further set of soft skills that may require a longer period of time to acquire, that are likely to develop over time and that always leave room for improvement.

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Security Mysteries in the Cloud

Authors: Sivarama Subramanian and Devaraj Munuswamy

In the world of IT, “cloud” is a big buzzword. Many organizations are moving to cloud computing because of its on-demand service offerings over the Internet, virtualization and cost efficiency.