Design an IT Policy Implementation Plan

TL;DR

This paper presents a comprehensive IT policy implementation plan for a hypothetical cloud consulting firm, detailing policies, milestones, risk management, and stakeholder responsibilities to guide data security and business growth.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed, multi-faceted IT policy plan tailored for cloud service providers, integrating data policies, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration in a structured framework.

Findings

The plan includes specific policies for data security and machine learning services.

It outlines a three-year roadmap for expansion and growth.

The framework emphasizes stakeholder responsibilities and risk mitigation strategies.

Abstract

Information technology (IT) companies implement multi-dimensional policy plans that include procedures, sub-plans, and instructions to outline their business scopes, targets, and communications. This work outlined the IT policy implementation plan designed by an imaginary company with a random name called Northcentral Cloud Consulting Firm (NCCF), containing proposed IT policies, milestones and roadmaps, control framework, stakeholder responsibilities, knowledge transfer plan, and leadership roles. As NCCF's major customers seek data-driven solutions in cloud computing, the NCCF IT policy plan provides various data policies, including security and proper usage of machine learning services. The plan offers a detailed roadmap of its financial, geographical, and reputational expansion within three years. The IT policy plan also compromises an IT risk management, contingency, and emergency communication plan, mainly for protecting data and business continuity. Stakeholder responsibilities are incorporated into the IT policy plan, as NCCF considers any engagement with its customers as a collaborative effort in which both parties have and share several responsibilities.