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MIS 5202 IT Governance

Temple University

Week 2: IT’s Role and the Control Environment

Due before class,

Watch this video about governance:

and then this video on the role of IT and the Control Environment:

http://community.mis.temple.edu/mis5202online2017/files/2015/11/Controls-and-the-Control-Environment1-2.mp4

Now watch this video on two important security controls:

Read these articles:

  • “Implementing Board Oversight of Cybersecurity” http://ibit.temple.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IBITReport_CyberBoard.pdf
  • “Understanding IT Controls”  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8S2SZTC04ViUDhmZ0phNVY3Z0E
  • “The key to data security: separation of duties”
    https://www.computerworld.com/article/2532680/technology-law-regulation/the-key-to-data-security–separation-of-duties.html
  • COBIT 5: Enabling Processes:EDM01-EDM04, APO06 & APO07   https://drive.google.com/a/temple.edu/file/d/0B8S2SZTC04ViYVRpUWxTczU4RXM/view?usp=sharing
  • All-in-One CISSP Exam Guide 7th Edition: pp 723-724, 924-930

 Consider this case:

  • The Dentdel Case https://drive.google.com/a/temple.edu/file/d/0B8S2SZTC04ViakJ6OVNXV3AtQnc/view?usp=sharing

Watch these extra videos if you want to understand more about the control environment

  • Queens College Control Environment 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmDLdWGQo9I
  • Queens College Control Environment 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUxMfN64_AU

and read these examples of what can happen if leadership doesn’t set the proper tone.

  • Theranos: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8S2SZTC04ViT0Q5UlJLWTdYOWc
  • Zenefits: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-zenefits/
  • Wells Fargo: https://hbr.org/2016/10/the-leadership-blind-spots-at-wells-fargo

Read this for another view of IT controls:

  • Information Technology Risks and Controls, 2nd Edition, https://chapters.theiia.org/montreal/ChapterDocuments/GTAG%201%20-%20Information%20technology%20controls_2nd%20ed.pdf
If you are not familiar with the roles within an IT Organization, read:
  • “IT…Roles & Responsibilities” https://drive.google.com/a/temple.edu/file/d/0B8S2SZTC04ViX1c0TjZBYlI5RW8/view?usp=sharing

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Control Environment Posts

  • Quiz for Week 2 Results
  • Week 2 Wrap-up: Control Environment
  • Interesting MIT Article on Compliance Published Today
  • Example of bad “tone” from today’s WSJ
  • Week 2: Reading and Case Questions

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