Abstract - Uptime Institute has created the "Risk Management for IT Infrastructure" Executive Handbook to help world-class IT organizations face the increasing demands of today's digital centric world in regards to extensive capital and operational IT expenses as well as the ever increasing demands of successful global technology deployments. This publication is comprised of a collection of articles presenting techniques and methods to help organization leaders identify IT risks, assess organizational exposures, and deploy processes and procedures to minimize risk factors, reduce failure rates and mitigate damages.