Standards Library

To access the Standards Library page, click Standards Library in the left pane.

The Standards Library in AppFaktors is a comprehensive resource for managing and accessing various standards, policies, and tools essential for maintaining consistency and best practices across your organization's IT landscape.

Features

1. Controls

   Adopt or create industry-standard regulatory controls by mapping rules to automate control checks.

2. Policies

   Adopt or create industry-standard regulatory policies by mapping controls to baseline your enterprise architecture policies.

3. Requirements

   Adopt best practice requirements or create custom ones by creating requirements for architectural factors.

4. OKR (Objectives and Key Results)

   Define business, service, and technical objectives and key results by assigning metric rules to measure key results.

5. Maturity Assessment Models

   Adopt or create application maturity models. Use these models to assess business applications.

6. Risk Scenarios

   Adopt or create industry-standard risk scenarios. Includes event types, root causes, and mitigation controls.

7. Threats

   Adopt industry-standard threat models (like STRIDE, ASF) or create custom ones. Used in Risk Scenarios.

8. Ops Events

   Manage operational events.

9. Vulnerability

   Manage well-known vulnerability lists and quickly analyze risk scenarios.

10. Factors

    Manage factors affecting IT systems and processes.

11. Architecture Rules

    Create rules to analyze architecture and deployment.

12. Scorecards

    Create or customize scorecards for applications and their artifacts.

How to Use

1. Explore Each Section: Click each tile to access detailed information and tools for that specific area.
2. Adopt Standards: Where applicable, start by adopting industry-standard models and practices.
3. Customize: Tailor adopted standards or create custom ones to fit your organization's specific needs.
4. Integrate: Use these standards and tools throughout your IT governance and management processes.

Best Practices

• Consistency: Ensure consistent use of adopted standards across all projects and teams.
• Regular Updates: Periodically review and update your standards to keep them aligned with industry best practices and organizational needs.
• Training: Provide training to team members on how to effectively use and apply these standards.
• Compliance: Use the Controls and Policies sections to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Risk Management: Leverage the Risk Scenarios, Threats, and Vulnerability sections for comprehensive risk management.
• Performance Tracking: Utilize OKRs and Scorecards to track and improve performance.
• Continuous Improvement: Use Maturity Assessment Models to drive continuous improvement in your applications and processes.

For more detailed information on each section or guidance on implementing these standards in your projects, please refer to the full AppFaktors documentation or contact your system administrator.