When effectively implemented and facilitated, IT governance helps organizations ensure that they are allocating their technology resources to the most critical projects and keeping IT objectives in alignment with business objectives and priorities.

An IT Governance program oversees and guides technology activities performed throughout the enterprise, including:

  • Developing, monitoring, and maintaining IT Strategic Plan initiatives
  • Ensuring an organization’s strategic direction is aligned with changing business and operational needs
  • Prioritizing new projects in annual work plans
  • Reviewing progress on technology projects and initiatives
  • Guiding technology policy
  • Encouraging effective collaboration between all business units and IT

Information technology governance is vital for organizations that need to obtain the highest possible return for their investment in technology.

IT governance is about making sound investment decisions that enable organizations to manage information effectively and efficiently.  But successful implementation of governance can be elusive for many organizations.

SDI Presence brings the experience, methods, and tools necessary to help government and utility clients improve their IT governance processes or create new ones.

Through our experience working with government and utility clients, SDI has learned best practices for setting up an IT governance structure:

  • Develop and maintain an IT strategic plan that aligns the IT work plan with business priorities, providing a baseline for IT governance.
  • Create an IT governance committee and place it at the highest possible level of the organization, ideally operating under the leadership of the City Manager or CEO.
  • Incorporate IT governance as an agenda item for existing meetings of user stakeholders, to ensure inclusion and awareness.
  • Develop a formal charter for the IT governance committee that defines membership roles and responsibilities, ensuring that the governance effort is sustainable.
  • Ingrain IT governance into the culture of the organization.

The Benefits of Choosing SDI – Consulting

  • Consulting resume featuring over 250 projects.
  • Delivered over 100 IT assessments/strategic plans.
  • Highly-certified IT and project management senior consultants with long resumes of IT/financial leadership.
  • Multi-faceted senior technology consultants to address breadth of IT in an organization.
  • Deep functional expertise in underlying departmental business/operational processes and associated workflows, controls, compliance, and challenges.
  • A product vendor independent client-advocate – we work for you!
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Project Management Office and Portfolio Management

A highly professional Project Management Office serves as an organization’s representative for complex, multi-year technology initiatives. This includes project definition, planning, design, testing and other key project management services for enterprise technology and security systems projects.

SDI Presence has developed a Project Management Methodology (SDIPath), that has its foundation in proven Project Management Institute (PMI) methodologies combined with more than two decades of experience.

Committed to project accountability and transparency, SDI PMO delivers:

  • Project controls designed to improve accountability and mitigate risk across multiple projects
  • Detailed Project Plans that answer the following questions: Who? What? Where? Why? And How?
  • Budget/financial tracking and auditing, to avoid unplanned costs, cost overruns and improper vendor billing
  • Rigorous scheduling and resource management, using leading project management tools including Microsoft Project
  • Timely and accurate project progress reporting, providing “at-a-glance” visibility to the state of all programs/projects underway
  • Vendor transition management, including the transition to long-term support and maintenance
  • End-user training to ensure high system acceptance and envisioned operational impact
  • On-going project communications, including written and verbal presentations on project progress to client executives and Boards.

SDI’s PMO Teams ensure that our clients’ envisioned project benefits, time, and resources are optimized across all projects and in line with their overall mission and strategy.

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Policy Standards & Procedure Development

SDI’s Policy Standards and Procedure Development service ensures your organization has clear, actionable, and up-to-date documentation that meets industry standards like NIST, enhancing security and regulatory compliance.

With extensive experience in cybersecurity and IT governance, SDI has successfully helped organizations like large water utilities develop NIST-based policies and procedures. Following a comprehensive cybersecurity audit, SDI created and implemented over 40 policies and standards, addressing gaps and setting a framework for ongoing security improvements.

 

Strengthen your organization’s cybersecurity (or just infrastructure) with SDI’s Policy Standards and Procedure Development services:
  • Customized Security Documentation: Policies and procedures tailored to your organization’s unique requirements. 
  • Enhanced Compliance: Meet regulatory standards with confidence. 
  • Improved Operational Security: Policies that strengthen your cybersecurity posture. 
  • Sustainable Governance: A framework for continuous updates and management through platforms like Confluence.

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Unmatched Technical and Industry Expertise

For over 20 years, SDI has delivered cost-effective, innovative technology systems to organizations throughout the public and private sectors. These solutions have led to a collection of success stories that demonstrate our firm’s impressive industry domain knowledge and IT capabilities.

Virtual CIOs

Strong IT strategy is essential for staying competitive and ensuring your organization’s success. However, not every company can afford a full-time Chief Information Officer (CIO). That’s where our Virtual CIO (vCIOservice comes in. We provide you with access to expert guidance and strategic IT leadership without the cost and commitment of a full-time executive.

What is a Virtual CIO?​

A virtual CIO is a seasoned IT professional who collaborates with your organization on a part-time or as-needed basis to provide high-level strategic advice, IT planning, and technology leadership. They act as a trusted advisor, helping you align your organizations goals with your IT initiatives to achieve and maintain greater efficiency, security, and growth.

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Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO)

Organizations need robust security leadership but don’t always have the resources or need for a full-time Chief Information Security Officer. Our Virtual CISO (vCISO) services deliver expert guidance and strategic security oversight tailored to your organization’s unique needs.

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With our vCISO offering, you gain access to:

  • Customized Security Strategies: We assess your risk profile and build a roadmap aligned with your objectives.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to critical industry standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and more.
  • Threat and Risk Management: Identify vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and implement effective mitigation strategies.
  • Incident Response Planning: Be prepared with actionable, tested plans for when breaches or incidents occur.
  • Ongoing Security Monitoring: Stay protected with continuous oversight and proactive adjustments to your security posture.

By partnering with us, you can address critical security gaps, ensure compliance, and build stakeholder confidence—all at a fraction of the cost of a full-time CISO. Let us help you strengthen your defenses while enabling your team to focus on core business priorities.

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