IT Infrastructure, Strategy, and Charter Template Updated for PCI-DSS

Park City, UT – Janco released Version 3.0 of its IT Infrastructure, Strategy, and Charter Template today. With the increased PCI-DSS requirement and the explosion of technology into every facet of the day-to-day business environment there is a need for tools to create and manage the necessary infrastructure.

In addition to the updates to the template for PCI-DSS compliance, detailed job descriptions have been added for the CIO of a large enterprise plus a second CIO job description for a small enterprise. The CEO of Janco Associates, Inc., Victor Janulaitis said, "With the new PCI-DSS compliance requirements and 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." He added, "The Information Technology Infrastructure, Strategy, and Charter Template fills that need."

Defining Your Optimal IT Infrastructure is a critical task that can no longer wait with all of the changes mandated by PCI-DSS, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, changing economic environment, and changes to enterprise operating environments.

The template helps enterprises:

• Understand and explain what infrastructure is, enabling enterprises, their constituents, and the executive team to manage the enterprise's technology environment more effectively;
• Analyze the current state their enterprise's infrastructure so they know where it works well and where to focus improvement efforts;
• Justify infrastructure spending, using the template's comprehensive definitions and ready to use examples to link IT infrastructure and the enterprise's bottom line; and,
• Prioritize enterprise resources with a prescriptive toolset that lets enterprises focus their efforts in a cost effective manner.

The template is over 125 pages in length and the topics covered include: IT infrastructure, strategy, and charter summary; strategy and charter statement of authority; it management structure; compliance; personnel practices; controls; application development standards; service requests; local area network; back-up and recovery; disaster recovery plan; security; access control - physical site; access control - software and data; and facility requirements.

This template works in concert with Janco's other popular tools: the Disaster Recovery Plan / Business Continuity Template; the Security Manual Template; the IT Service Management Template; and the Internet and IT Position Description HandiGuide.