PolicyPro® for Information
Technology

From Policy to Signoff ™

Internal Control
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Made for Canadian CTOs, CFOs and IT Professionals

Today, information technology plays a central role in most operational processes. As a result, the importance of controlling IT cannot be understated. Control failures can do pervasive and lasting damage to an organization, while strong controls make operations more efficient, effective and minimize the countless IT-related risks across an organization.

Documented policies are the foundation of the internal controls needed to protect your organization from IT risk.

Internal control processes are essential for effective strategy and execution. Consider these benefits:

They provide a systematic approach to administering business operations consistently, fairly and efficiently.
They assign tasks and responsibilities to specific individuals or departments.
They explain tasks and convey additional information in an easy-to-understand format.
They document consistency and fairness, which may be important for legal or regulatory reasons.
They provide employees with guidance in dealing with new situations.
They introduce efficiencies and minimum standards.
They ensure that required standards for corporate governance are achieved.
They ensure accountability with managers for SOP training, enforcement, and approvals.
They ensure compliance with applicable laws.

PolicyPro® is the leading source for up-to-date model policies and commentary based on Canadian compliance and best practice. Thousands of organizations across Canada depend on PolicyPro to ensure their policies and procedures are up to date, to meet minimum legal requirements and best practices, to reduce risk and to improve operational effectiveness.

Authority

Expert Policy Templates and Guidance

Information Technology PolicyPro offers a complete and authoritative set of model policies written for the complicated and extensive demands of IT risk management and control, including systems and data management, security, user behaviour and responsibilities.

  • A practical and effective method to plan, implement and review IT controls in the context of your business strategy
  • 170+ sample policies, forms and checklists prepared and updated regularly by subject-matter experts
  • The weekly PolicyPro e-newsletter reports new and revised policies and why the changes are important
  • Expert commentary outlining why each policy is needed, the compliance requirements and options to consider when customizing the policy template
  • Policies tied to the most authoritative IT control frameworks, ITCG and CobiT, to ensure your policies are complete and comprehensive
  • Plus, PolicyPro includes a secure and easy-to-use online application for creating, customizing and updating policies; distributing them to managers, staff and contractors; ensuring everyone reads them; getting signoff; producing reports; and notifying everyone of news, policy changes and required postings.

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PolicyPro® Model Policies for Information Technology

In PolicyPro®, you’ll find an expert-prepared and compliance-focused policy template for all your organizational needs. PolicyPro also makes it easy to modify and update policies and add your own.

The following lists many of the unique policies essential for IT risk management included with PolicyPro.

Planning
Systems Acquisition, Maintenance and Disposal
Software Acquisition, Implementation and Maintenance
Systems Management
Data Management
Computing Operations and Support
Monitoring and Evaluation
Physical and Systems Security
Data Security
Network Security
Backup and Disaster Planning
Training and Support
User Responsibilities
Mobile Device Management: BYOD

Author and Editorial Team

Content Editor
Apolone Gentles

Apolone Gentles, JD, CPA, CGA, FCCA, is an Ontario lawyer and editor with over 20 years of business experience.

Ms. Gentles has held senior leadership roles in non-profit organizations, leading finance, human resources, information technology and facilities teams. She has also held senior roles in audit and assurance at a “Big Four” audit firm. Apolone has also lectured in auditing, economics and business at post-secondary schools.

Managing Editor
Yosie Saint-Cyr

Yosie Saint-Cyr, LLB, was called to the Quebec bar in 1988 and is a member in good standing. She practised business, employment and labour law until 1999 before becoming Managing Editor at First Reference.

Yosie is responsible for the high-quality, up-to-date content for employment law services and the Internal Controls Library. She is currently enrolled in the Osgoode Professional LLM degree program.

Author Emeritus
Jeffrey D. Sherman

Jeffrey D. Sherman, Bcomm, MBA, CIM, FCPA, FCA, has had over 20 years of executive management experience. He is a former director or CFO of several public companies. His extensive knowledge and experience includes corporate governance, risk management, accounting and finance, restructuring and start-up enterprises.

Mr. Sherman has lectured and conducted seminars for many organizations and was an adjunct professor at York University for 15 years. He is a popular course director and course author for many organizations, including The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) and other provincial institutes of chartered professional accountants and law societies, and has written many books and articles on finance and accounting.

Steve Goldwasser

Steve Goldwasser, BSc, also contributed to ITPP for many years.

Partnership

Co-marketed with CPA Canada®

First Reference and CPA Canada have worked together for over 15 years to market PolicyPro’s Internal Control Library, including Finance & Accounting PolicyPro®, Information Technology PolicyPro®, Not-for-Profit PolicyPro® and, more recently, PaySource®.

CPA Canada believes that these publications are useful to practitioners who provide assistance to clients to develop and implement sound internal controls, as well as to those working in business who have responsibility for these matters.

Print ISSN 1709-7029  |  Online ISSN 1923-8908  |  ISBN 978-0-9735149-8-8

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