University of Houston leadership recently
approved MAPP 10.03.06 College/Division
Responsibilities for Information Technology
Resources. The policy adds great value to
the University by:
Mitigating risk associated
with campus-wide IT resources
Enhancing the alignment of IT units,
Leveraging synergies of IT units across
campus, and
Strengthening IT
governance.
The policy clarifies four areas of specific
responsibility for managing IT resources:
To effectively manage their IT resources,
MAPP 10.03.06 requires colleges and
divisions to identify and assign leaders to
serve in three roles:
College/Division Information Resource Manager (C/D IRM) (Most senior administrator responsible for units information resources. Often filled by assistant /associate dean (colleges) or assistant/associate vice president (divisions)
College/Division Technology Manager (C/D TM) IT professional responsible for daily IT operations. Often filled by a director or manager.
College/Division Information Security Officer (C/D ISO) Employee responsible for information security compliance. Often filled by a director or manager.
Information Technology has positioned the IT
Support Center to assist the colleges and
divisions in implementing these
requirements. The IT Support Center created
a body of knowledge including best and
essential practices to facilitate the
development of unit-based IT policies,
procedures, and internal controls.
In addition, Information Technology seeks to
link arms with and support IT professionals
across campus using a federated approach.
Associated with the new MAPP and an emerging
campus-wide IT Federation, Information
Technology is:
Organizing forums to bring together campus
IT leadership at the C/D-IRM, C/D-TM and
C/D-ISO levels.
Devising training and benchmarking
opportunities.
Planning a major kickoff event to formally
launch MAPP 10.03.06.
Augmenting ITs website with information
and resources on these topics.
For questions or additional information,
please contact James McGee, IT Support
Center, at 3-1571 and
jpm@uh.edu
(Most senior administrator responsible for units information resources. Often filled by assistant