Regulatory changes have affected the composition, roles and responsibilities of boards of directors around the world. While a strong basis for the fiduciary duties of directors led, much less attention has been paid to the understanding of nature, and the associated debt-care in the direction of information systems and technology assets in your organization or IT management. As a result, the board did not demonstrate competence or attention that it requires good management. IT management takes two forms: the defensive form, IT risk management, which seeks to protect the organization from the effects associated with IT management and strategic form, of its control value, creating lasting shareholder value. This article focuses on IT risk management. Based on a literature review of academic and trade, as well as interviews with members of the Board of six international companies, it is a model of IT risk management chain, and the instrument panel which sets out key areas of IT risk and the key questions directors should ask properly protect information and technology assets of their companies. "Hide
by parents Michael, Blaize Horner Reich Source: California Management Review 20 pages. Publication Date: 01 May 2009. Prod. #: CMR431-PDF-ENG
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