IT Governance

Maximize opportunity by managing risk

A complete vision of company governance includes specific management of processes and IT solutions.
It is possible to manage the risks associated with faults or break-downs in the IT system but above all to monitor moment by moment the alignment of these solutions with stated company aims based on its business goals. In both cases, we are talking about IT Governance; the management of IT systems performed via the creation of an organizational structure with clear roles and responsibilities for hard and software infrastructure, security, processes, and applications etc.

The evolution of business models and technological innovation has generated opportunity but has also inevitably introduced risks which must then be managed.

The recent changes in the concept of risk require specific and differentiated competencies even in the IT environment; if we speak about operational continuity in the company we must be able to associate internal business processes with possible crisis scenarios, for example: understand which IT infrastructure and IT procedures are key in the case of attacks from outside. It is also necessary to define sustainable levels of disservice always bearing in mind that even with preventative measures, some incidents are unlikely to be avoided.

We can identify the best IT solution for operational continuity simply by performing analysis systematically over time, considering which services are critical in relation to potential and undesirable events.
In order to protect operational continuity there is nevertheless a price to pay, both in terms of performance degradation and the organizational workload. The creation of an effective solution for continuity must therefore reach the right compromise between sustainability of impact and the level of service that can be guaranteed.

We can identify three fundamental areas of risk for company data in the IT environment: data availability, data integrity and data confidentiality. At PAT our solutions provide high levels of attention in all three cases.

Benefits from using PAT solutions:

• Reduced training and the related costs as our solutions are easy to use
• Immediate results in terms of effectiveness after implementation, delivering rapid ROI
• Minimal complexity in the company system in order to better control external threats