Recent Publications, through various organizations, from our Research Director

Thanks are expressed to the organizations who have supported research and communication of best practices in across the industry.

 

 

• “Reduce risk in business acquisitions and consolidation by better managing IT and infrastructure dependencies.” Business Resilience Solutions, IBM Whitepaper, March 2008
• “Driving Business Value with Improved IT & Infrastructure Risk Management.” Innovator Financial Services Technology Consortium, April 2008
• “A CIO’s guide to IT risk management: tapping the extraordinary potential for business value and financial growth.” IBM Whitepaper, September 2008
• “Growing Business Value the Old Fashioned Way --- Risk Management.” SCAN Sydney, Australia ISACA, September 2008
• “Growing Business Value the Old Fashioned Way --- Risk Management.” ebizq.net 17 November 2008.
• “How Mature is Your IT Risk Management?”  G. Westerman, B. Barnier, MIT Sloan CISR Research Briefing, Volume VIII, No. 3C, December 2008.
• “IT Risk Taxonomy, Fries and a Drink” SCAN Sydney, Australia ISACA, December 2008.
•  “IT Risk Management: Balanced Maturity Can Yield Big Results.” IBM Whitepaper, February 2009
•  “ITGI Roundtable: Value Delivery” B. Barnier, moderator, ITGI Roundtable Series, February 2009
• “Tough Decisions for Tough Times:  YOUR Role in Reshaping IT Cost Structures” SCAN Sydney, Australia ISACA, March 2009.
•  “Driving Value From Nonrevenue-generating Activities: Myths and Misunderstandings of Governance and Risk Management.” ISACA Journal ISACA, Volume 2, March/April, 2009.
• "Tough Decisions for Tough Times:  YOUR Role in Reshaping IT Cost Structures" SCAN Sydney, Australia, ISACA, March 2009.
• Barnier, Brian and Marti, Richard.  "Reducing Risk to Financial Operations through IT and Infrastructure Risk Management."  Risk Management in Finance.  Ed. Tarantino, Anthony and Cernauskas, Deborah, New Jersey:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009.
• "The New CFO-CIO Conversation - What Do I Do Next?" Finance and Information Technology News, Financial Executives Research Foundation, Issue 71, May 2009.
• "COBIT for Troubled Times -- Unlocking COBIT to Strengthen the CIO-CFO Partnership" COBIT Focus July 2009
• "Driving More Business Value: The CIO to Business Strategy Leader Discussion" SCAN Sydney, Australia ISACA July 2009.
• Six Steps to Optimize IT Governance, NetworkWorld.com, 5 August 2009
• PODCAST: Importance of IT Governance in a Recession, podcast, SearchCIO.com, 17 September 2009.

•  “The New ISACA Risk IT Framework and Best Practice: Filling a Gap, Making Risk Management Easier and More Effective,” EDPACS, Taylor&Francis, (2009) 40:1,1 — 7.

• Turning Insight into Action: Practical Tips for Getting Traction, SCAN, Sydney, Australia, October 2009.

• Tips for Talking with Boards of Directors, SCAN, Sydney, Australia, October 2009

• WEBINAR: GRC and IT: Frameworks, Controls and Implementations Virtual Tradeshow ITGRC, ISACA and SearchComplinace.com, 3 November 2009.

• PODCAST: Business Service Management and Tools for IT Service Delivery, podcast, SearchCIO.com, 9 November 2009

• WEBINAR: Improving Licensing and Compliance Processes Through Outsourcing, webinar, Insurance & Technology Magazine, 17 November 2009

• “Risk Management: Making it Easier, Making it More Effective,” Finance and Information Technology News, Financial Executives Research Foundation, November 2009.

• “Four Challenges to Effective Ops Risk Reporting – And Tips to Overcome Them,” RiskTech, December 2009
• "Ten Questions in Operational Risk Today and Insight from Other Industries,” RMA Journal, December 2009/January 2010
• “Key Questions in COBIT Success— What You Need to Know,” COBIT Focus, Vol. 1, January 2010
• Driving New Value from IT Risk Management, B Barnier, G Westerman, ISACA Journal, January 2010
• “Five Tips to Take IT Governance to the Next Level,” @ISACA, 20 January 2010

• "Survey on the CFO-CIO Relationship,” Finance and IT News, Financial Executives Research Foundation, January 2010.

• “New CIO-CFO Partnership,” Baseline Magazine, Jan/Feb 2010

• “Risk Management Implications for CIOs in a Challenging Year,” Insurance and Technology Magazine, February 2010.

• “Manufacturers Can Get More Return, Less Risk from IT” B Barnier, U Fischer, Industry Week, February 2010

• “Taking a More Direct Road to Reducing Operational Risk,” G David, B Barnier, RMA Journal, March 2010

• “2010 – The Year of Making IT More Personal to the C-Suite – Six Tips to Help YOU Bring More Benefit to Your Organization,” The Innovator, Financial Services Roundtable, March 2010

• VIDEO: Risk IT Framework, Mash Risk TV, Video, April 2010

• VIDEO: Risk Management Survey 2010 (US Results), Video, April 2010

• “CIO Quick Start Guide: 5 Steps To Hiring Your IT Risk Leader,” Center for CIO Leadership, April 2010

• “Five Tips for Growing Your Career from IT/Info Security to IT Risk,” @ISACA, April 2010

• WEBINAR: Integrating GRC frameworks and practices—How to get the most benefit for your enterprise and YOU, ISACA and SearchCompliance.com, June 2010

• Five Tips to Get More Business Benefit From Operational Risk. Ops Risk Roundup, Risk Management Association, July 2010.

• Five Tips for Better Communication with “the Business.” @ISACA, July 2010.

• “Taking Business-IT Finance and Planning to the Next Level – More Insight for Action,” Financial Executives Research Foundation Newsletter, July 2010.

• WEBINAR: 5 Key Insights for IT Risk 2.0: Making Best Practices Work for You, BrightTalk, July 2010

• VIDEO: Five Steps to Building the Next Level in Operational Risk Management, Mash Risk TV, August 2010

•  “The Downturn: How CIOs and CFOs Must Work Together,” Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, Wiley & Sons, August, 2010

And, regular contributions to:

• RiskTech.FinanceTech.com (articles and videos)

• Center for CIO Leadership

For a copy of one of these articles or to learn more about the topics discussed, please contact us.

Please see industry best practices section for more information on these and other fine organizations.