The sustainable development in the globalization context asks to drive al the activities, including the informational system department (ISD) using performance and conformity criteria. During the last years we witness an increase on the researches for the elaboration of a coherent general framework and a good practices standard for the management and control of the informational system within companies.

Our paper is a scientific investigation in the specialized literature, both academic and professional, on the issue of the governance of the informational systems: (1) the concept of governance of the informational systems; (2) the principles of the governance of the informational systems; and (3) good practices standards.

Informational system, governance of the informational systems, strategic alignment, IT risk management, good practices standard