ISO SAM 19770-1 Standard

Smartpath SAM Services can guide you through the ISO SAM Standard and prepare your organisation for accreditation

The ISO/IEC 19770 was developed to enable an organisation to prove that it is performing Software Asset Management (SAM) to a standard sufficient to satisfy corporate governance requirements and ensure effective support for IT service management overall. This part of ISO/IEC 19770 is intended to align closely to, and to support, ISO/IEC 20000. Good practice in SAM should result in the following types of benefits, and certifiable good practice should allow management and other organsations to place reliance on the adequacy of these processes, and the expected benefits should be achieved with a high degree of confidence:

1. Risk management: SAM should facilitate the management of business risks
2. Cost control: SAM should facilitate cost controls
3. Competitive advantage: SAM should help the organisation gain competitive advantage.

Smartpath SAM Services consultants can assist organisations to develop their SAM program in line with ISO SAM Best Practice. Following the development of the framework program, organisations will be able to seek certification by the relevant accrediting bodies. Certification will provide a significant and marketable process, which may help in business dealings with corporate and government entities.