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IT governance defines structures, processes, and decision rights for governing IT within organizations. It ensures IT resources support business objectives, enforces compliance and risk oversight, and promotes value creation. It includes governance models, roles, metrics, and controls for continuous improvement.
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IT governance describes how an organization arranges responsibility, decisions, and oversight around its information technology.
The approach grew from corporate governance, risk management, and increasing dependence on IT. ISO/IEC 38500 collected guiding principles for it; security frameworks such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework make governance concrete for particular risk areas.
Think of a transport system: governance sets traffic rules, responsibilities, and checkpoints. Individual projects and systems still move on their own, but they follow those guardrails.
They define who may decide on standards, investments, and exceptions.
It connects rules, measures, and reviews into traceable oversight.
IT governance helps align technical decisions with strategy, risk appetite, and legal duties. It provides orientation when many teams, systems, and interests interact.
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