Governance refers to how an organization establishes structures, roles, and decision-making frameworks to ensure that IT and security support business objectives in a controlled and auditable way.

How is governance different from day-to-day operations?

Governance defines direction, principles, and accountability, while operations focus on executing tasks within those established boundaries.

Why is governance important for information security?

Effective governance ensures that security efforts are anchored at the executive level, aligned with business priorities, and compliant with laws, regulations, and internal requirements.

How are governance and compliance related?

Governance defines how an organization is managed, while compliance focuses on meeting specific requirements. Governance provides the structure that makes consistent compliance possible.

Sicra helps organizations establish and mature governance for IT and information security through clear frameworks, defined roles, policies, and executive-level reporting. Read more about "Security strategy" here > Read more about "CISO-for-hire" here > Read more about "NIS2 and ISO27001" here >

Governance

What is governance?

Governance refers to how an organization establishes frameworks, principles and decision structures to ensure that IT and security support business objectives in a controlled and auditable manner.

It defines roles, responsibilities, policies and processes for managing risk, making decisions and ensuring compliance with laws, regulations and internal requirements. Governance differs from daily operations by setting direction and boundaries rather than executing tasks.

Metaphorically, governance can be compared to the rules of a chess game: they define what is allowed, how the game is played and who is responsible — but they do not play the moves for you.

Sicra and governance

Sicra helps organizations establish and mature governance models for information security and IT, ensuring that security efforts are predictable, measurable and anchored at the executive level.

Through services such as Security strategy, CISO-for-hire, NIS2 and ISO 27001, Sicra supports the development of policies, governance structures, risk frameworks and reporting that enable strong governance and compliance.

Governance

What is governance?

Sicra and governance

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