ICT GOVERNANCE AND PROTECTION

ICT Governance

ICT governance is a facet of enterprise corporate governance aimed at ensuring organisations manage IT risks effectively and in line with overall business objectives. ICT governance frameworks enable organisations to produce measurable results toward achieving their ICT strategies and goals.

Across Australia, organisations are subject to legislative and regulatory requirements that govern the protection of confidential information, financial accountability, data retention, and disaster recovery, among other things. Organisations must also provide assurance to shareholders, stakeholders, and customers that they have a robust ICT environment. To meet internal and external requirements, organisations can implement a formal ICT governance programme that provides a framework of best practices and controls.

Australian Privacy Act (APPs)

Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the 13 Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) govern how personal information is collected, used, disclosed, stored, and accessed. The Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme requires notification to the OAIC and affected individuals when an eligible data breach occurs.

  • Australian Government agencies and most private-sector organisations with annual turnover ≥ A$3 million.
  • Some smaller entities are also covered (e.g., health service providers, credit reporting bodies, TFN recipients, contractors to government).
  • Governance & accountability: a compliant privacy policy; defined roles; vendor oversight.
  • Privacy by design & DPIAs: assess high-risk processing before you proceed.
  • Security & breach response: protect personal information and notify under the NDB scheme within required timeframes.
  • Transparency: clear privacy notices and lawful purpose for collection.
  • Rights: enable access and correction; manage cross-border disclosures (APP 8).
  • Reduced breach risk and regulatory exposure.
  • Stronger stakeholder trust and competitive differentiation.
  • Easier interoperability with global regimes (e.g., GDPR) for cross-border business.

We implement ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (Information Security) and ISO/IEC 27701:2019 (Privacy Information Management) to operationalise APP obligations (governance, DPIAs, ROPAs, vendor management, incident response) and evidence compliance to the OAIC.

KING IV™

If King IV™ needed one word, it would be transparency. Earlier King Reports established that corporate governance is central to good corporate citizenship. King IV™ introduced an “apply and explain” regime that emphasises transparent disclosure of governance practices. It moves beyond a tick-box exercise to a coherent, integrated set of practices applied sensibly to your context. (In Australia, King IV™ can complement the ASX Corporate Governance Principles.)

  • Enhanced reliability and reputation; better access to finance; attractiveness to investors, customers, and talent.
  • More control, transparency, and resilience to fraud and white-collar crime.
  • Better risk mitigation and stronger disaster-recovery capability.
  • Succession planning for leadership to avoid disruptive gaps.

King IV™ aligns with ISO 9001:2015 (Quality) and ISO 31000:2018 (Risk). ISO 37000 (Governance of Organisations) adds principles and a practical framework. WWISE can implement ISO 9001 with ISO 31000 and ISO 37000 to embed governance best practices.

ITIL is a framework that aligns IT services with business needs. It provides processes, tasks, procedures, and checklists that can form part of your strategy to maintain competency, demonstrate compliance, and measure improvement.

  • Alignment of IT solutions with business requirements.
  • Consistency and effective service delivery.
  • Improved services and data processing.
  • Realistic service levels.
  • Better Return on Investment (ROI).

We provide consulting, implementation, and training, and build business-specific ITIL systems aligned to ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 (IT Service Management). We help you implement and prepare for certification.

COBIT 5

COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies) is an ISACA framework for IT management and governance. It defines generic IT management processes, objectives, outputs, and key measures, and uses capability/maturity models to benchmark performance.

  • A globally recognised framework with accepted principles, practices, tools, and models that build trust.
  • Scalable across organisations of any size.
  • Aligns well with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (Information Security).

WWISE cannot certify you against COBIT 5, but we can implement ISO/IEC 27001:2022 so you comply with COBIT principles—delivering time and cost savings, improved productivity and customer satisfaction, and clearer accountability.

PRINCE2®

PRINCE2 (Projects IN Controlled Environments) is a structured project-management and practitioner certification programme that breaks projects into manageable, controlled stages. It’s widely used in Australia and available in multiple languages.

  • Increased product quality.
  • Effective resource optimisation.
  • Higher team confidence.
  • PRINCE2 2017 Foundation: knowledge to work within PRINCE2.
  • PRINCE2 2017 Practitioner: apply PRINCE2 in scenarios (pathway to APM qualifications).
  • PRINCE2 Agile Foundation/Practitioner: apply PRINCE2 with agile concepts (Scrum, Kanban).

PRINCE2 certification is awarded by AXELOS/PeopleCert and delivered via Accredited Training Organisations (ATOs). While PRINCE2 is not a framework WWISE certifies, we provide Management System solutions that prepare teams and strengthen project governance.

We can help improve ICT Governance through:

  • 1. Conducting a Gap Assessment
  • 2. Implementation Plan and Programme with risk management
  • 3. Training and Awareness
  • 4. Change Management (custom policy/process videos)
  • 5. Independent Assessment by a certified auditor