Inte2412 Governance And Change In Assessment Answer

 Assignment 1 – Using an ISO Standard for IT Governance  Overview of Assessment Title: Using an ISO Standard for IT Governance This individual assessment task requires you to analyse a case with regard to the IT governance issues evident and the applicability of the principles contained in relevant IT governance ISO standards. You will write up your analysis and recommendations in the form of a concise business report to offer solutions aimed at avoiding governance shortcomings in contemporary major IT projects and operations. The following narrative introduces the case and includes links to relevant sources that you should inspect to successfully solve the assignment: In recent years, the Auditor General (AG) for Western Australia has presented a regular report that examines controls associated with information technology in government departments and related authorities. The audit measures the extent to which various security procedures have been complied with. As such, these audits reveal some aspects about the prevailing character of IT governance in the state. The 2020 report again identified worrying shortfalls in performance. Similar difficulties (Links to an external site.) also are mirrored in Australia's national government. The WA State Government, along with other Australian jurisdictions, is becoming increasingly worried about rising threat levels involving the hacking of information systems. Recent reports (Links to an external site.)from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) highlight this problem (Links to an external site.). Furthermore, the State Government is disturbed by rising governance challenges associated with corruption. There have been significant examples (Links to an external site.)involving the misappropriation of public monies. Statements (Links to an external site.) from other jurisdictions emphasise the need to foster better governance controls over the administration of information technology services and projects. There is a need to bolster governance to deal with both internal and external threats in public administration. In particular, there appears to be questions involving due diligence (Links to an external site.) and in the management of conflicts of interest (Links to an external site.). The WA Government therefore wants to see a significant tightening of governance associated with IT. Assume that you have been assigned as a consultant to advise the state government about the improvement of IT governance. There is interest to discover if a more principle-based approach should be adopted. The government’s attention has been directed to the existence of the standard ISO/IEC 38500. Authorities want to know if that tool could be used to raise IT governance outcomes. The government similarly has been made aware of the existence of ISO_IEC_27000_2018. The powers are looking for practical approaches to solve underperformance in governance. Accept that the WA Government has yet to adopt an IT governance framework. Your business report should include proposals on how the governance underperformance identified above should be resolved using the relevant ISO Standards. When tackling this assignment, take care to orient yourself to deal with fundamental governance issues. The focus is to foster enhanced governance rather than dwelling on some specific shortfalls in technical issues identified in the Auditor General’s report. Merely, repeating the results from the AG’s report will not produce a satisfactory response for this first assessment task in INTE2412. In preparation: You should first read the Information Systems Audit Report 2020 published by the Western Australian Auditor General. You will discover details using this Next, you should familiarise yourself with the ICT governance standard AS ISO/IEC 38500:2016. The standard outlines a series of principles that should be applied when seeking satisfactory governance outcomes. This link takes you to the standard. Next, browse through the content of ISO/IEC 27000 to get a feel for relevant governance terminology. Further details about extensions of this standard can be discovered in the following online text in the RMIT Library. See: Alan Calder, & Steve Watkins. (2019). IT Governance (7th edition). Kogan Page Ltd. (Links to an external site.) The report should have the following structure: An introduction that introduces the key questions being investigated and how the report will be structured. A critical analysis of the issues being explored. An explanation of the rationale that underlies any reforms that are being proposed. A conclusion that summarises findings and recommendations. Ideally, you should cover the following topics: Development of a principles-based system to guide IT governance practice in WA's government agencies; Consideration of reforms that will strengthen compliance; Fortification of the ideas involving due diligence and dealing with conflicts of interest; and Final recommendations concerning the suitability and feasibility of applying IT governance tools. Due Date: Week 4, Friday, August 13, 2021 @4:59pm. Length: 2,100 words +/-100 words (excluding Appendices, References, Table of Contents and Figures). Feedback mode: Feedback will be provided electronically via Canvas. Assessment Declaration: I declare that in submitting all work for this assessment I have read, understood and agree to the content and expectations of the Assessment declaration (Links to an external site.). Learning Objectives Assessed: This assessment assesses Learning Objectives 1, 2, 3. Graduate Outcomes supported: This assessment supports the following RMIT Graduate Outcomes: Graduate ready Work Ready Literature searching and analysis Critical thinking Independent learning Report Writing. Submission requirements Create your business report in Microsoft Word. Use the following formatting template to present your work. The template is designed to facilitate readability of text when the reports are being assessed. Upload your report in the submission link that appears at the foot of this assignment specification. Your report is then parsed through TurnItIn. You will receive an originality report. Review that report to see if there are any referencing matters that you need to fix. If so, make the corrections in your Word document and then resubmit the revised document. Do not leave submission until the last day because you may find that TurnItIn identifies matters that you need to revise. Create a reference list containing a minimum of six (6) quality sources that demonstrate relevant, independent research. The list may also include other sources used in the report that are drawn from course materials. NB- none of the references drawn from the assessment instructions or course resources/lecture slides will count toward meeting the referencing standard of at least 6 items. Your reference list should conform to the RMIT College of Business and Law style. Use Easy Cite http://www.lib.rmit.edu.au/easy-cite/ (Links to an external site.) to select the requested style. That will be sufficient for your assignment's purposes. All items listed in the Reference List must also be cited in the body of your report. You will arrange the contents of the reference list alphabetically by author. File Naming Conventions Files that you submit for assessment must use the following naming conventions: student number FAMILY NAME INTE2412 assignment number part of assignment if needed. Example 3870001 SINGH INTE2412 A1 REPORT Extensions, Special Consideration, Late Submissions Please note that late submissions will attract a deduction of 10% per day late or part thereof. Applications for extensions should follow the official RMIT process. Please refer to the current requirements by using the following link (Links to an external site.) for information about extension of time for submission of assessable work (Links to an external site.) (for applications made in advance of your assessment due date), or special consideration (Links to an external site.) (for all other circumstances and types of assessment). If you are submitting after the due date, you should ideally have negotiated that extension with the course coordinator before that deadline falls. Academic Integrity You must demonstrate academic integrity in your assessment practices by: engaging with assessment activities in an honest way providing accountability for the authorship and originality of work submitted acknowledging the work of others and the re-use of original work. Take note that in this assignment, you cannot submit a report for which you have previously received or are currently receiving academic credit at RMIT or other academic institution. Such self-plagiarism will result in zero marks for this assignment.