Greater Tzaneen Municipality Information Technology (IT) Risk Register 2021/ 2022 FY
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Background to the risk/Risk Root Cause
Risk Consequence Impact Likelihood Inherent risk Current controls
Perceived control effectiveness
Residual
risk Risk owner
Actions to improve management of the
risk
Action owner
1 To improve professionalis m of Council and its administration
Good Governance
Circulation of prohibited/restrict ed or classified information
non-adherence to ICT policies, standards and legislative prescripts,
Violation of ICT policies and Municipal Communication Strategy
Major 4 Moderate 3 Medium 12 ICT Policies and other related
legislation such as POPI, MISS,
Satisfactory 0.65 Low 7.8 Director:
Corporate Services
Adherence to ICT policies.
Conduct awareness campaigns on information security.
Manager: IT
2 To improve professionalis m of Council and its administration
Good Governance
Malware attacks and theft.
failure to adhere to ICT policies
Damage of information and disruption of services.
Major 4 Moderate 3 Medium 12 Antivirus software
ICT policies: Patch management policy, Firewall policy, internet usage policy,
Satisfactory 0.65 Low 7.8 Director:
Corporate Services
Awareness campaigns on ICT policies.
Manager: IT
3 To improve professionalis m of Council and its administration
Good Governance
Unauthorized access to the ICT systems (no access to the financial and other systems such as Payday, Promise, Action assist, mSCOA.
Inadequate integration of systems Poor account management control
fraudulent transactions, Data loss, Leakage of confidential information
Major 4 Likely 4 High 16 ICT Policies, user account
management policy,
Satisfactory 0.65 Medium 10.4 Director:
Corporate Services
Accounting Officer to intervene regarding access to financial and other systems;
Involving IT office when implementing new systems,
Manager: IT
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Time scale
30/09/2021
30/09/2021
30/09/2021
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