ISO/IEC 38500:2024
Good governance of IT – ISO/IEC 38500:2024

ISO/IEC 38500:2024 4.1.1: Overview: governance of IT as a domain of the governance of organizations

The document addresses what governing an organization's IT, data and digital capabilities involves, shortened throughout to the governance of IT. The governing body stays ultimately accountable for the whole organization, but governance of IT is practised at every level. IT is taken widely, including emerging technology: computers, sensors, software, cloud services and the techniques used to collect, hold, process, spread and transform data; digital capabilities, frequently innovative, are the services, products and processes that IT and data make possible or support and through which value reaches stakeholders. Because the governance of IT sits inside the governance of organizations, the document follows ISO 37000, whose eleven principles guide governing bodies towards three intended outcomes (effective performance, responsible stewardship, ethical behaviour) and whose account of governance is the basis for fulfilling the organization's purpose effectively, responsibly and ethically as stakeholders expect. IT and the data it draws value from now matter strategically to most organizations, so stakeholders expect a great deal from how IT is governed.

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