How T2P Knowledge Points work
How to contribute
Who may submit content and resources
What we mean by "useful"
Prohibited contributions
Any questions?

You can build better knowledge about information governance and operational risk management.

T2P contributors not only gain the respect of their peers and network, they earn Knowledge Points redeemable for valuable event and training discounts, services discounts, merchandise, and more.

The fact is, we're all working on similar issues: how to measure and manage risk effectively, implement controls effectively, and align IT governance with business goals and processes. Each of us holds some of the knowledge we need to solve these problems. The experience and expertise you contribute can help unlock someone else's problems, just like (hopefully) their contributions have helped to unlock yours.

But the benefits of contributing don't stop with good feelings. By writing an article, submitting a resource suggestion, improving a wiki post, or posting a unique tool or resource, you earn real points that can be applied towards real goods and services.

How T2P Knowledge Points work

• Join the community. It's free, and you get 200 points just for joining.
• Submit something useful: an article, a wiki page, a comment, a poll vote, a resource suggestion, a solution review, a tool, etc. (e.g., spreadsheet, tracking worksheet, or scorecard).
• For each relevant submission, we'll give you Knowledge Points. Quanities vary by the type and intensity of resource you submit. See the Knowledge Points guide, below, for details.
• Redeem your points for rewards and discounts from T2P and its partner community. These options will evolve over the next few months, but you can start earning Knowledge Points from day one.

How to contribute

Each type of resource has its own posting or publishing mechanism. Comment boxes are at the bottom of every article in the Practical Advice section and Cores. Polls are included in many Cores. Visit these pages to look at other options:

• Submit an article
• Become a T2P Core Guide
• Join a T2P advisory board
  
• Add a Policy Template to the OITPP

T2P wikis have help sections on how to write and revise pages, and T2P Cores Portals are their own illustrations of what's involved in being a Core Guide.

Who may submit content and resources

Short answer: We hope all community members will submit content.

Longer answer: We encourage a diverse and vibrant community that spans companies, industries, job functions, market contributions. managerial levels, and geographic divisions. Because this is a business site that relies on professional, credible contributions, however, we have a few firm criteria for content contributors:

1. Must be 18 years of age or older
2. Must be registered members of T2P
3. Must have agreed to our Terms of Service

Longest answer: Please read our Terms of Service.

What we mean by "useful"

Any content or resource submission should reflect relevant, practically useful information that can help other community members better understand and/or manage information technology, risk, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance—without hype, bias, or commercial promotion.

For example, you might post:

• Experience-based recommendations for resolving sticky or complex IT, compliance, and risk management problems
• New pages or revisions in the IT Policy, GRCpedia, or Vendor Review wikis
• Best practices in IT planning, risk management, general management, and implementation practices
• Policies and procedures
• Practical technical, managerial, and legal perspectives on regulations and their impact on IT governance
• Comparative cross-mappings of internal controls, regulations, and/or frameworks for IT and business process management
• IT, risk management, or business management frameworks and standards
• Suggestions for quantifying and remediating IT and business risks
• Practical guidance on improving IT audit practices, procedures, and communications
• Suggestions on managing, consolidating, and communicating with vendors
• Guidelines for systems continuity, contingency planning, and disaster recovery
• Case studies of successful (or unsuccessful) approaches to compliance and control

To receive Knowledge Points, contributions must be credible (objective and unbiased), intelligibly written, and vendor neutral. In particular, we will discredit and possibly remove, at our sole discretion, any contributions that appear to be promotional or purely gratuitous. We may also deduct points from members who post such content. Gaming the Points program is a no no.

Prohibited contributions

We specifically reserve the right to reject and/or remove content that is:

• Promotional
• Off-topic
• Offensive, threatening, vulgar, pornographic, defamatory, or generally hateful
• Misleading, erroneous, or nonsensical
• In violation of copyright or intellectual property rights, or otherwise illegal
• Supportive of illegal activities
• Invasive of other community members' privacy, or otherwise exploitative

We aggressively monitor all contributions. Moreover, we encourage community members to monitor and comment on each others' work. If members complain about your posted content, we'll ask you to respond. If you cannot defend your content, we may remove it. If we receive repeated complaints about your contributions, we may bar you from further posting. In general, contributions that are in bad faith or are harmful by design will result in immediate membership suspension.

Questions?

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