IT Foundation Management

IT Foundation Management helps secure the organization from the Insider Threat (and outsiders who breach perimeter defenses), meet both the intent and the interpretations of compliance regulation, improve the efficiency of IT Operations (while reducing the cost of same), and deliver IT Business and Product services with proactive management of Key Performance Indicators (such as Service Level Agreements).

With IT Foundation Management, organizations increase their ability to adapt their business against internal and external pressures without eroding or compromising the technological foundation their business is built on. IT Foundation Management secures the present, records the past, and prepares the organization for the future.

IT Foundation Management achieves this through its bottom-up approach to security, compliance, IT operations and IT service management.

Security

IT Foundation Management addresses security at all levels of IT infrastructure in a bottom-up approach that encompasses all possible modes of operation; directly addressing potential security breaches at the component layer that expose companies to the Insider Threat - a threat that can compromise the very operations of the organization. For more on Foundation Management Security and Defending against the Insider Threat
visit: Defense Foundation

Compliance

IT Foundation Management reaches across the entire IT architecture with respect to the events, actions and access points applicable to the intent and interpretation of compliance regulation- regardless of the current or subsequent states of interpretation. For more on Foundation Management Compliance for regulatory Intent and Interpretation
visit: Compliance Foundation

IT Operations

The IT Operations component of Foundation Management is focused on events within the IT infrastructure that are likely to have significant impact, if not resolved, on the successful operation of the organization. Even where already under system management, the opportunity to decrease the life-cycle of Incidents with Foundation Management for IT Operations often exceeds a 10x improvement. For more on Foundation Management for IT Operations to increase efficiency and reduce costs
visit: IT Operations Foundation

Services

The IT Services component of IT Foundation Management provides the means to optimize and improve the delivery of the IT Business Product Services. The Services component is focused on events affecting the reliability, service availability, meeting of Service Level Agreements, and situational conditions that threaten the delivery of a service against any and all business measures of importance. For more on Foundation Management for IT Services for meeting SLAs and KPIs
visit: IT Services Foundation