CSA ISO/IEC 38500:26

CSA Preface Standards development within the Information Technology sector is harmonized with international standards development. Through the CSA Technical Committee on Information Technology (TCIT), Canadians serve as the SCC Mirror Committee (SMC) on ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 on Information Technology (ISO/IEC JTC1) for the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), the ISO member body for Canada and sponsor of the Canadian National Committee of the IEC. For brevity, this Standard will be referred to as “CSA ISO/IEC 38500” throughout. This Standard supersedes CSA ISO/IEC 38500:15 (adopted ISO/IEC 38500:2015). The International Standard was reviewed by the CSA TCIT under the jurisdiction of the CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Information and Communications Technology and deemed acceptable for use in Canada. This Standard has been formally approved, without modification, by the Technical Committee and has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group. Scope This document provides guiding principles for members of governing bodies of organizations and those that support them on the effective, efficient and acceptable use of information technology (IT) within their organizations. This document is applicable to: — the governance of the organization’s current, and future, use of IT; — the governance of IT as a domain of governance of organizations. In terms of audience, this document is applicable to: — all organizations, including public and private companies, government entities, and not-for-profit organizations; — organizations of all sizes, from the smallest to the largest, regardless of the extent of their use of IT.