Ten Ways IT Infrastructure Library® (ITIL®) Can Improve Information Security
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Ten ways ITIL® can improve information security
There are a number of important ways that ITIL can improve how organisations implement and manage information security.
- ITIL keeps information security service and business focused.
- ITIL can enable organisations to develop and implement information security in a structured, clear way based on best practises.
- With its requirement for continuous review, ITIL can help ensure that information security measures maintain their effectiveness as requirements, environments and threats change.
- ITIL establishes documented processes and standards (such as SLAs and OLAs) that can be audited and monitored.
- ITIL provides a foundation upon which information security can build. It requires a number of best practises - such as Change Management, Configuration Management and Incident Management - that can significantly improve information security.
- ITIL enables information security staff to discuss information security in terms other groups can understand and appreciate.
- The organised ITIL framework prevents the rushed, disorganised implementation of information security measures.
- The reporting required by ITIL keeps an organisation's management well informed about the effectiveness of their organisation's information security measures.
- ITIL defines roles and responsibilities for information security.
- ITIL establishes a common language for discussing information security.
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