IVI: Innovation Value Institute, National University of Ireland Maynooth
Abstract
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays
a pivotal role in enabling organizational capability and
productivity, and in initiating and facilitating innovation
across all industry sectors. In recent years, cloud
computing has emerged as a growing trend because it
serves as an enabler of scalable, flexible and powerful
computing. Consequently, each year significant global
investment is made in migrating to the cloud
environment. However, despite its growing popularity,
several risks and security concerns surround the cloud
computing model. Therefore, understanding an
organization’s readiness and ability to mitigate
associated risks is critical prior to embarking on the
cloud computing journey. One approach to determining
an organization’s ability to effectively migrate to the
cloud is to determine the current maturity of both its
cloud computing capabilities and its risk management
capabilities. As such, the Cloud Computing tool and the
Risk Management (RM) Critical Capability of the IT
Capability Maturity Framework (IT-CMF) are proposed
as effective maturity assessment instruments to enable
organizations to establish future roadmaps that will
improve their maturity with respect to their cloud
computing readiness. Increasing the level of maturity
improves organizational practices surrounding the
identification and mitigation of risks/threats that pertain
to the cloud environment