There have been a number of mechanisms developed to guide the implementation of information technology governance.
Some of these are:
- The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a detailed framework with hands-on information on how to achieve a successful governance of IT, developed and maintained by the United Kingdom's Office of Government Commerce, in partnership with the IT Service Management Forum.
- Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) is another approach to standardize good information technology security and control practices. This is done by providing tools to assess and measure the performance of 34 IT processes of an organization. The ITGI (IT Governance Institute) is responsible for CObIT
- The ISO/IEC 27001 (ISO 27001) is a set of best practices for organizations to follow to implement and maintain a security program
- The Information Security Management Maturity Model ISM3 is a process based ISM maturity model for security.
- AS8015-2005 Australian Standard for Corporate Governance of Information and Communication Technology
- ISO/IEC 38500:2008 Corporate governance of information technology, (very closely based on AS8015-2005) provides a framework for effective governance of IT to assist those at the highest level of organizations to understand and fulfill their legal, regulatory, and ethical obligations in respect of their organizations’ use of IT. ISO/IEC 38500 is applicable to organizations from all sizes, including public and private companies, government entities, and not-for-profit organizations. This standard provides guiding principles for directors of organizations on the effective, efficient, and acceptable use of Information Technology (IT) within their organizations.
- BS7799 - focus on IT security
- Six Sigma - focus on quality assurance
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