IT Infrastructure, Strategy, and Charter Template

With the explosion of technology into every facet of the day-to-day business environment there is a need to define an effective infrastructure to support operating environment; have a strategy for the deployment and technology; and clearly define responsibilities and accountabilities for the use and application of technology.

The template comes as both a WORD document utilizing a CSS style sheet that is easily modifiable. 

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Internet and IT Job Descriptions

The job descriptions contained within the Internet and Information Technology Position Descriptions HandiGuide® was completed in 2009 and contains over 635 pages; which includes sample organization charts, a job progression matrix, over 220 job descriptions.   The book also addresses Fair Labor Standards and the ADA, and is in a new easier to read format.  Each job description meets ADA standards and the position description is delivered in electronic format - word which is editable and PDF which is printed.  Also included are tools to help you expand, evaluate and define your enterprise's unique additional required.

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IT Infrastructure Policy Bundle

Policies and procedures to effectively manage the infrastructure of IT are the nemesis of IT executives

When a CIO or an IT Executive takes over a new job one of the greatest challenges is to quickly validate that the infrastructure that is in place. Would it not be nice to have some tools that could be use to quickly put proven world class policies in place with minimal effort. That is what the CIO IT Infrastructure Policy Bundle does.

CIO IT Infrastructure Policy Bundle

Janco has combine the policies that it has developed over time with some of the best IT organizations around the globe into a single package. With this bundle you get a PDF file that has all of the procedures in a single document that is over 210 pages long. It would take your staff months to develop these procedures from scratch. In addition you get a separate MS-Word document for each procedure which can easily be modified.

This bundle contains the following policies:

• Backup and Backup Retention Policy
• Blog and Personal Web Site Policy
• Internet, Email, Social Networking, Mobile Device, and Electronic Communication Policy
• Outsourcing Policy
• Record Management, Retention, and Disposition Policy
• Sensitive Information Policy
• Service Level Agreement Policy
• Telecommuting Policy
• Travel, Laptop, PDA and Off-Site Meeting Policy

In addition to this bundle there also is a CIO Infrastructure Management Tool kit that combines many of the most popular tools with discounts up to 30% or more. The options are:

CIO Infrastructure Management Tool Kit Versions

The CIO Infrastructure Management Tool Kit comes in four versions - Standard, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.

	PDF	Word	Standard	Silver	Gold	Platinum
IT Infrastructure, Strategy, and Charter Template	x	x	x	x	x	x
Current IT Salary Survey	x		x	x	x	x
Business & IT Impact Questionnaire		x	x	x	x	x
Service Level Agreement Policy Template and Metrics	x	x	x	x	x	x
Practical Guide IT Outsourcing with Contract	x		x	x	x	x
Practical Guide IT Outsourcing with Contract		x		x	x	x
Functional Specification Template	x	x		x	x	x
Internet & IT Position Descriptions (over 230)		x			x	x
CIO IT Infrastructure Policy Bundle (9 full policies)	x	x				x

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Individual Policies

All of the policies that are provided here are contained within one or more of the templates that are on this site. These policies have been added as individual documents in WORD format for those clients who just need this particular policy.  All policies are Sarbanes-Oxley compliant.

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Internet, E Mail, Mobile Device, Electronic Communication, and Record Retention Policy

This policy is is compliant with all recent legislation (SOX, HIPAA, Patriot Act, and Sensitive information), and covers:

• Appropriate Use of Equipment
• Mobile Devices
• Internet Access
• Electronic Mail
• Retention of Email on Personal Systems
• E-mail and Business Records Retention
• Copyrighted Materials
• Banned Activities
• Ownership of Information
• Security
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Abuse

Included are these ready to use forms:

• Internet & Electronic Communication Employee Acknowledgement
• E-Mail - Employee Acknowledgement
• Internet Use Approval Form
• Internet Access Request Form
• Security Access Application Form

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Sensitive Information Policy

This policy covers the treatment of Credit Card, Social Security, Employee, and Customer Data.  The policy is 15 pages in length. This policy complies with Sarbanes Oxley Section 404.

The policy applies to the entire enterprise, its vendors, its suppliers (including outsourcers) and co-location providers and facilities regardless of the methods used to store and retrieve sensitive information (e.g. online processing, outsourced to a third party, Internet, Intranet or swipe terminals). 

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Travel and Off-Site Meeting Policy - Protection of data and software is often is complicated by the fact that it can be accessed from remote locations. As individuals travel and attend off-site meetings with other  employees, contractors, suppliers and customers data and software can be compromised.  This policy is four page in length and covers:

• Data and application security
• Minimize attention
• Shared public resources
• Off-site meeting special considerations

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Outsourcing Policy - This policy is seven page in length and covers:

• Outsourcing Management Standard
• Service Level Agreement
• Responsibility
• Outsourcing Policy
• Policy Statement
• Goal
• Approval Standard
• Base Case
• Responsibilities
  

Note: Look at the Practical Guide for Outsourcing over 110 page document for a more extensive process for outsourcing