Standards Australia to lead working group on IT governance for ISO.

STANDARDS Australia will be leading an international working group to drive development and harmonisation of international standards on corporate governance of IT. The working group was established on 18 November 2008, at the 23rd meeting of the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee for Information Technology (JTC1) in Nara, Japan. The group will develop standards and related documents which will help leaders in the industry govern their IT systems and networks. This includes the standardisation and harmonisation of IT terminology and the ongoing maintenance of an existent IT and communications standard ISO/IEC 38500.

“Positioning this new working group at JTC1 level, independent of the broad body of JTC1 subcommittees, reflects the importance of top level attention to directing and controlling the use of IT,” said Mark Toomey, Chair of IT-030.

“The IT-030 Committee has achieved tremendous advance. The inaugural Chair Dr Ed Lewis provided vital leadership and focus through the development of AS 8015, and together with Standards New Zealand, made a significant contribution to its subsequent adoption as ISO/IEC 38500."

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