PO3.5:

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PO 3.5 IT Architecture Board

Control Objective:

Establish an IT architecture board to provide architecture guidelines and advice on their application and to verify compliance. This entity directs IT architecture design ensuring it enables the business strategy and considers regulatory compliance and continuity requirements. This is related/linked to the information architecture.

Applicability:

Sarbanes-Oxley
HIPAA
GLBA
PCI
FISMA
NIST SP 800-66
Ditscap
Control Exception
User Defined


Risk Association Control Activities:

1. Risk: Systems do not meet business needs because not all business functional and non functional requirements are effectively gathered.
a. SOX.1.8: Obtain a listing of system development and maintenance projects and, for a sample, obtain evidence that requirements analysis was performed and appropriately approved (including account management and IT security). Obtain and examine documents associated with requirements analysis from the corporate projects database.


2. Risk: Design and implementation of new applications may not be appropriately controlled.
a. SOX.1.9: Each project sample has an associated project plan.


Implementation Guide:

Process Narrative
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Process Illustration
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Control Commentary
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Control Exception Commentary
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Evidence Archive Location
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Control Status and Auditors Commentary
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Remediation Plan
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Supplemental Information:
ITIL ICT Infrastructure Management, Design and Planning.

ITIL 2.8 The planning and implementation ICT Infrastructure Management Technical Support.

ITIL 5.4 The technical support processes ICT Infrastructure Management Appendix L.

ITIL The Contents of a Feasibility Study/Gap Analysis.


ISO 17799 8.2 System planning and acceptance.

ISO 17799 8.7 Exchanges of information and software.

ISO 17799 9.7 Monitoring system access and use.

ISO 17799 9.8 Mobile computing and teleworking.


Implementation guidance
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