Presentation Outline:

We have an ethical obligation to review best practices before every assignment. IT Professionals must “remain cognizant of and be compliant with relevant legislation, standards and bodies of knowledge” (CIPS Code of Ethics). This is as it should be - trustworthy competence is founded on considered use of best practices.

CobiT, from ITGI, is the place to start. It provides a widely accepted breakdown of IT into 34 component processes, backed by detailed best practices for the analysis of IT Value and IT Risk. Further, ITGI provides a mapping from CobiT to a full baker’s dozen of other established IT best practices.

CobiT, Val IT, and Risk IT will be introduced. This will begin a discussion about the IT Professional’s best practice responsibilities. What are our best practice obligations? Why is it in our self-interest to accept these obligations? How do we best discharge them?

Speaker's Profile: 

Robert Fabian is a management and systems consultant based in Toronto. He was lead author of the CIPS Risk Management Practice Guideline. Bob is a founding member of the Toronto CobiT User Group. He is leading development of an IT Ethics Exam for CIPS Ontario. Career details and recent papers are on his website: http://www.fabian.ca.