Our governance model
Figure 1 – ATO Information Governance Model
Security Committee
The Security Committee is a security and business focused group overseeing the integrity of our information assets. It's responsible for overseeing the Security and Business Continuity Management (BCM) capabilities.
Chief Information Officer
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) champions the importance of our information assets and how they're managed across the ATO. The CIO's role includes:
- establishing and maintaining an enterprise-wide culture for an accountable and business-focused information management environment
- retaining overall responsibility for information governance across the ATO
- advocating importance of managing information assets across the ATO
- having oversight on the ATO's information asset management policies.
Strategy Committee
The Strategy Committee oversees the acquisition, use and sharing of data. It shapes and guides the ongoing development and use of data and analytics capabilities to inform strategies and future direction.
It ensures an enterprise approach is championed for data and analytics strategies, roadmaps, partnerships, capabilities, and technology. This accelerates business outcomes while providing strategic input and recommendations to other committees and decision-makers.
Information Governance Working Group
The Information Governance Working Group (IGWG) ensures information is treated as a corporate asset and optimises the use of information in the various corporate services and compliance initiatives. It's also responsible for ensuring appropriate governance for the acquisition, use and sharing of information.
The Information Governance Working Group:
- assesses and contributes to the ATO's information asset management, strategy, policy, practice, risk, and architecture effectiveness
- contributes to and reviews program and project proposals for information management initiatives.