IT governance

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An integral part of governance that consists of the leadership and organizational structures and processes that ensure that the institution's IT sustains and extends the organization's strategies and objectives.

MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

The responsibility of executives and the board of directors; consists of the leadership, organizational structures and processes that ensure that the enterprise’s IT sustains and extends the enterprise's strategies and objectives

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: IT governances
possessive: IT governance's
pluralpossessive: IT governances'

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