Elements that Orient the Regulatory Compliance Verification Audits on ICT Governance
The expression Information and Communications Technology (ICT) refers to a large integrated set of structures and functions employed to access, transfer, store and treat all forms of information, i.e. actually, text, voice, data and image, which continue to be an important factor for improving organizational management and achieving competitive advantage, since ICT can be used to add value, continuously, to almost all business processes. This paper presents and discusses elements that are considered important to guide verification actions regarding regulatory compliance of ICT management practices. Designated hereinafter as Elements that Orient Regulatory Compliance Verification Audits (ECVAs) these elements are characterized in this paper from a survey of literature, international and national regulations, and best practices bodies. Their selection aims at improving ICT Governance in a Brazilian public company which is used as a reference to validate our choices.
DG.O