IT Potential Risk Areas

People
 Data/System Ownerships
 Management Support
 Users Commitment & Involvement
 IT Team Competency
o Internal / outsource expertise
o Local Vendor Support

Process
 Alignment & adoption of HQ standard & best practices
 Knowledge & Implementation of Country-specific & Company-specific Localisation Requirements
o Financial / Accounting practices
o Taxes & reporting
o CoA
o Languages
 Segregation of Duties / Access Control
 SLA / OLA (Vendors, Outsource Partners, Internal Teams)
 Escalation & Approval Processes (Incident, User Request & Change Management)
 Data Storage / Backup / Retention Policies
 IT Governance & Security Policies
 BCP
 User Acceptance Test / Post Implementation Review
 Any budget constraint?
 Any time constraint?


Technology
 Compatibility of systems
 Systems Integration / Interface
 DR facilities