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37、ernance of ITfor the organization(ISO/IEC 38500:2015, IDT)CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 38500:15National Standard of CanadaCAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 38500:15Information technology Governance of IT for theorganizationDecember 2015 2015 CSA GroupCSA/5CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 38500:15Information technology Governance ofIT for the orga
38、nization(ISO/IEC 38500:2015, IDT)CSA PrefaceStandards development within the Information Technology sector is harmonized with internationalstandards development. Through the CSA Technical Committee on Information Technology (TCIT),Canadians serve as the Canadian Advisory Committee (CAC) on ISO/IEC J
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47、r the change.CSA Technical Committee on InformationTechnologyJ. MacFie Microsoft Canada,Ottawa, OntarioCategory: Producer InterestChairF. Coalliercole de technologie Suprieure (Universit duQubec) (TS),Montral, QubecCategory: General InterestVice-ChairS. Michell Maurya Software Inc.,Ottawa, OntarioCa
48、tegory: General InterestVice-ChairO. Avellaneda Industry Canada,Ottawa, OntarioAssociateW. Badawy Intelliview Technologies Inc.,Calgary, AlbertaAssociateR. Balderston Canadian Banknote Company Limited,Ottawa, OntarioAssociateA. Barbir Aetna Insurance,Ottawa, OntarioAssociateL. Bertsch Horizon Techno
49、logies Inc.,Victoria, British ColumbiaAssociateJ. Berube IDEgenic Inc.,Gatineau, QubecCategory: General InterestS. Boeyen Entrust,Ottawa, OntarioAssociateW.J. Bryans Electro-Federation Canada,Toronto, OntarioAssociateT. Capel Comgate Engineering Ltd.,Ottawa, OntarioAssociateJ.A. Carter University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon, SaskatchewanAssociateA. Cheetham Toronto, Ontario AssociateV. Chiew Calgary, Alberta AssociateP. Cotton Microsoft Canada,Nepean, OntarioAssociateD. Ferguson Lyngsoe Systems Ltd.,Mississauga, OntarioCategory:
