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IT Risk: Turning Business Threats into Competitive Advantage
by Richard Hunter, George Westerman
from Harvard Business School Press
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Invaluable for IT Risk Management teams 
When I was asked to design an IT Risk Management program beyond just data security for an IT department of a Fortune 100 company, I performed a significant amount of research of existing material. After engaging both internal and external research departments, then reading dozens of books and hundreds of articles and white papers, I decided to...on a Saturday after a surfeit of information overload and blurred vision...search in Amazon.com.
And I happened upon this book.
Since I was designing the... more info
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Says Nothing About Risk 
Hunter and Westerman have managed to write an entire book about the risk of IT without actually quantifying any particular IT risks. The empirical data they present has nothing to do with actual risks like project failures, unrealized benefits, or changing technology. They simply present the results of surveys of CIO's. Imagine if your insurance company computed risks by surveying the perceptions of risks of their customers. Instead, insurance companies use real historical data plugged into some real... more info
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An awesome read!
For my graduate degree, I've done a lot of research on goverance, risk and compliance and I found this book to be an awesome read for anyone looking to simplify their approach to enterprise risk management. The concept of the 4a's makes sense and the impact each has on the tiers above them is very powerful understanding. If you're looking for mathematical equations to prioritize risk, this book is not for you. However, if you're looking for places to start assessing risk within your company, buy the... more info
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How to handle the business risks associated with IT risks
Have you ever had your business disrupted because some aspect of your IT systems stopped working? The reality is that many of the critical processes of your business and many key capacities are based on computers and software. Any IT risk you face is also a business risk and you have to manage them accordingly.
This book provides a framework for making your IT risks visible. They call them the 4A framework (availability, access, accuracy, agility). During your discussions, the tradeoffs involved will... more info
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