Information about people is becoming increasingly valuable. Enabled by new technologies, organizations collect and process personal data on a large scale. Free flow of data across Europe is vital for the common market, but it also presents a clear risk to the fundamental rights of individuals. This issue was addressed by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament with the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

For many organizations processing perso...

This book is, as indicated by the subtitle, intended in the first place for executives and managers. But actually its is essential reading for all who are faced with digital transformation. It offers a valuable reflection on knowledge developed and experience accumulated in daily practice, focusing on the approach to contemporary digital business challenges.

Written in understandable language and with a powerful, logical structure, it has become a very accessible book that remains fascinating...

This document is the TOGAF Standard — Introduction and Core Concepts. It has been developed and approved by The Open Group, and is part of the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition.

This document introduces the standard, including an executive overview of Enterprise Architecture, a description of how the standard is organized, and a summary of core concepts. It also contains the material common to the individual documents that comprise the standard, such as the definitions, as well as document refer...

Information is crucial for the continuity and proper functioning of both individual organizations and the economies they fuel; this information must be protected against access by unauthorized people, protected against accidental or malicious modification or destruction and must be available when it is needed.

The EXIN Information Security Management (based on ISO/IEC 27001’22) certification program consist out of three Modules: Foundation, Professional and Expert.

"Today, modern business is adrift in a sea of connectivity and potential. Where once an organization’s IT needs could be met from within its four walls, we now see many mission-critical systems reaching out beyond an enterprise’s traditional boundaries. This is pushing solutions design well beyond the comfort zone of Enterprise Architecture and out into a world of hyper-enterprise systems.

This is a world of complexity and scale, where the changing status quo demands that organizations ke...

This is the revised edition of the first text book in English specially developed for training for IPMA-D and IPMA-C exams, now based on Version 4 of the ICB.

In this 4th edition, the text has been restructured and extended to align with the structure and scope of the competence elements in the ICB version 4, divided into Practice competences, People competences and Perspective competences. Therefore, this book will be essential guidance and study book for everyone studying for the IPMA-D, IP...

This Pocket Guide provides a concise introduction to the IT4IT™ Reference

Architecture, Version 2.1, an Open Group Standard. The IT4IT standard provides a

vendor-neutral, technology-agnostic, and industry-agnostic reference architecture for

managing the business of IT, enabling insight for continuous improvement.

This Pocket Guide is based on the IT4IT Reference Architecture Version 2.1. What's

more, it's authoritative with material derived from the official IT4IT documentation

and contribu...

IT Service Management (ITSM) quality is one of the most important requirements to provide valuable services that add value to the business. The ISO/IEC 20000 standard for the IT Service Management has been able to join together the principles of ISO quality management and the standard ITSM processes in the market.

The purpose of this book is to help in the preparation of EXIN ITSM Foundation based on ISO/IEC 20000 exam, providing an overview of IT Service Management from the perspective of ISO...

Note: This book is available in several languages: Dutch, English.

The Application Services Library ASL® is a public domain framework and the standard for application management. This pocket guide offers an introduction to the framework ASL 2, an evolutionary update of the ASL framework that was introduced in 2001 and is used by more and more organizations since then.

This compact book offers a generic introduction and additional background information through case study texts. These case text...