The Open Group IT4ITâ„¢ Reference Architecture, Version 2.1, an Open Group Standard, provides a vendor-neutral, technology-agnostic, and industry-agnostic reference architecture for managing the business of IT.

The Open Group IT4IT Reference Architecture standard comprises a reference architecture and a value chain-based operating model.

The IT Value Chain has four value streams supported by a reference architecture to drive efficiency and agility. The four value streams are:

* Strategy to P...

This Management Guide provides guidance on why a technology provider should use the Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard (O-TTPS) - Mitigating the Risk of Tainted and Counterfeit Products (approved by ISO/IEC as ISO/IEC 20243:2015) and why they should consider certification to publicly register their conformance to the standard.

The O-TTPS is the first standard with a certification program that specifies measurable conformance criteria for both product integrity and supply chain securit...

‘ABC is like an iceberg, much of it hidden beneath the surface, yet capable of inflicting enormous damage’ to your organization, or more importantly, your business! With growing importance of IT to business operations we can no longer afford to have our ITSM improvement programs and initiatives fail because of Attitude, Behavior or culture issues.

This book describes what ABC is, why it is important and gives practical cases and examples in dealing with ABC issues. The book contains more t...

All businesses need information security to protect our systems from the risk of threats. This Open Information Security Management Maturity Model (O-ISM3) supports information security practitioners in this fundamental task by covering the key areas required to minimise these threats:

• Risk Management : identifying and estimating levels of exposure to the

likelihood of loss and how to manage those risks of loss;

• Security Controls : crafting the IT Security Policy which assures operati...

This is the Digital Practitioner Foundation Study Guide for the DPBoK Part 1

Examination. It gives an overview of every learning objective included in the Digital

Practitioner Foundation syllabus, and provides in-depth coverage on preparing and

taking the DPBoK Part 1 Examination. It is specifically designed to help individuals

prepare for certification.

This Study Guide is excellent material for:

• Senior digital business professionals who need an increased awareness of digital

practices

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ArchiMate®, an Open Group Standard, is an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. The ArchiMate language enables Enterprise Architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among architecture domains in an unambiguous way.

This Pocket Guide is based on the ArchiMate® 3.0.1 Specification. It gives a concise introduction to the ArchiMate language. What's more, it's authoritative with m...

Little did Kathleen, Chief Architect at ArchiSurance, know, as she walked into a meeting with the CIO, just how much her job was going to change. Her intention had been to get approval for some new ideas she’d had to strengthen their Enterprise Architecture, after having slowly lost a grip on it during the merger.

During the meeting, however, it becomes apparent that the transformation of the organization to become more digital has caused chaos, and not only for her team. It is clear, despi...