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Alongside the Ringfence Approach, Ringfence has developed a set of tried and tested, pragmatic templates distilled from decades of practical expertise and experience that can help significantly accelerate Information Fitness improvements
Ringfence Assessment
For some organisations an independent assessment using the Ringfence Approach might be all that’s needed to assess and understand where you currently are in terms of Information Fitness and the options open to you. If any risks, compliance gaps or opportunities are identified we’ll make recommendations for improvement.
A high-level Ringfence review and assessment will typically take from two to five days, depending upon your organisation’s size & complexity, and costs from £3,000 (plus VAT).
The Ringfence Toolkit
Our Ringfence Toolkit consists of a set of carefully designed, modular packs covering different aspects of Information Fitness improvements you might need.
These, in conjunction with expert advice and support from our network of trusted associates and partners, can help you make any improvements needed faster, safely and more cost-effectively.
Licence fees for Ringfence packs vary from ~£7.5K to ~£15K (plus VAT), depending upon the pack chosen and the size & scale of your organisation.
Information Governance Management
Understanding what personal data an organisation holds and processes about private individuals and ensuring that this is protected and used legally is increasingly important given greater data privacy awareness, tighter Data Protection legislation and potential associated financial penalties and reputational damage.
The Ringfence Information Governance Management framework and templates can help you quickly implement effective Information Governance as part of overall organisation governance, either specifically for IT/digital or organisation wide depending upon your organisation’s size & complexity.
Fully aligned with UK Data Protection legislation the Ringfence Information Governance Management framework and templates have been designed to help organisations quickly assemble and then maintain their Record of Processing Activities (RoPA) and manage Subject Access Requests (SARs), as well as Freedom of Information (FoI) requests (where applicable).
Templates for and links to Data Sharing agreements and model contractual clauses are also included, as are model Terms of Reference for Information Governance forums to ensure that this is effectively linked into wider organisation governance and assurance.
Key Metrics & Reporting Management
To drive strategic performance & alignment across an organisation and good, effective decision-making & action-taking you need to choose your key metrics wisely. You also need to ensure that the data behind these key metrics and any reporting you have to do can be trusted, is "fit for purpose" and is available when you need it.
The Ringfence Key Metrics & Reporting Management framework and templates can help you quickly implement effective Key Metrics & Reporting Management as part of overall organisation governance, either specifically for IT/digital or organisation wide depending upon your organisation’s size & complexity.
By ensuring that the data used for OKRs, KPIs, reporting & MI can be trusted and relied upon you can speed up both front-line and strategic decision-making, increasing overall performance, productivity and agility. Ringfence's Key Metrics & Reporting Management framework and templates also help you to drive any data quality improvements needed across the organisation and prioritise any new metrics or reporting requirements effectively.
Risk Management
While IT/digital can bring many benefits to an organisation it also comes with specific risks that need to be factored into both day-to-day & strategic planning and decision-making and be considered alongside broader organisational risks.
The Ringfence Risk Management framework and templates can help you quickly implement effective Risk Management as part of overall organisation governance, either specifically for IT/digital or organisation wide depending upon your organisation’s size & complexity.
Ringfence’s Risk Management framework and templates are fully aligned with HM UK Government’s “The Orange Book” and “Risk Appetite Guidance” and help to establish and communicate organisation Risk Appetite, Principal Risks and enable a more cost-effective, controls based, assurance approach with risk management becoming an embedded, essential and integral part of organisation planning and decision-making.
Major Projects Management
Any change, whether small-scale optimisation or large-scale transformation, needs to be considered holistically and prioritised effectively alongside wider organisational and strategic objectives, particularly where resources - funding, people, time - are limited.
The Ringfence Major Projects Management framework and templates can help you quickly implement effective Major Projects Management as part of overall organisation governance, either specifically for IT/digital or organisation wide depending upon your organisation’s size & complexity.
By ensuring that prioritisation links back to your organisation’s objectives and strategic plan Ringfence’s Major Projects Management framework and templates help you to focus investment on your most important Major Projects and establish the links or dependencies between them as well as the key enablers needed to drive successful change.
The Ringfence Major Projects Management framework and templates can also help to establish effective governance and assurance arrangements for Major Projects, making it more likely that change will happen successfully and that the expected benefits will be realised within the anticipated budget and timescales.
Costs Management
With IT/digital becoming more business critical for organisations yet also increasingly complex in terms of greater "cloud" usage, cyber-threats and AI it is more important than ever to fully understand and manage costs effectively to drive sustainable value for money and inform realistic change planning.
The Ringfence Costs Management framework and templates can help you quickly implement effective Cost Management as part of overall organisation governance, either specifically for IT/digital or organisation wide depending upon your organisation’s size & complexity.
By ensuring that Personnel, Services and Major Project costs are identified, tracked and managed Ringfence’s Costs Management framework and templates helps you demonstrate better cost management and more effective year-on-year budgeting, including the likely costs of proposed Information Fitness improvements.
The Ringfence Costs Management framework and templates are fully aligned with Gartner’s IT Key Metrics, allowing you to benchmark your organisation’s IT/digital spend quickly and easily against other similar organisations world-wide (subject to you having a current Gartner subscription).
Information Security Management
With ever-increasing and more sophisticated cyber-threats robust and effective Information Security reduces your risk of falling victim to cyber-crime and potential data breaches, along with any associated financial penalties and reputational damage.
The Ringfence Information Security Management framework and templates can help you quickly implement effective Information Security as part of overall organisation governance, either specifically for IT/digital or organisation wide depending upon your organisation’s size & complexity.
Fully aligned with ISO27001 and wider UK Data Protection legislation the Ringfence Information Security Management framework and templates have also been designed to help organisations quickly achieve Cyber Essentials or IASME self-certification (if required), providing an industry recognised, basic level of Information Security assurance and competence.
ITIL Essentials Starter Pack
ITIL is the de facto "best practice" framework for IT Service Management and is recommended by Ringfence as part of effective IT Service Delivery. The ITIL Essentials Starter Pack helps organisations to adopt the basic, key ITIL processes quickly.
The Ringfence ITIL Essentials Starter pack contains a set of “best practice” templates to help any organisation put in place the initial, fundamental ITIL processes and controls (Incident, Change & Problem Management).
These have been designed to support wider Information Governance requirements and are also fully aligned with ITIL, helping organisations to achieve ISO20000 certification longer-term (if required).
Persona & Location Management
Effective adoption and management of IT/digital relies upon a clear, shared understanding of what IT/digital kit and services are needed by whom and where they will be used.
The Ringfence Persona & Location Management framework and templates can help you quickly implement effective Persona & Location Management as part of overall organisation governance, either specifically for different departments or organisation wide depending upon your organisation’s size & complexity.
Agreeing and maintaining a centrally published view of the IT/digital kit and services that different Personas need working across different Locations accelerates on-boarding, helping new starters become productive more quickly; it also supports more effective cost management and capacity planning for IT/digital, particularly when establishing new premises and IT/digital capabilities.