COBIT

COBIT FOUNDATION EXAM

2007-10-07T03:28:00.000-07:00

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COBIT E-learning FAQs
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COBIT 4.1 is Available! for free download

2007-07-25T23:27:00.000-07:00

COBIT's success as an increasingly internationally accepted set of guidance materials for IT governance has resulted in the creation of a growing family of publications and products designed to assist in the implementation of effective IT governance throughout an enterprise.
A complimentary PDF download of COBIT 4.1 is available from the following hotlink. Use your existing ISACA login or register for free to download the PDF when prompted to do so.
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COBIT Overview
Successful organizations understand the benefits of information technology (IT) and use this knowledge to drive their shareholders’ value. They recognize the critical dependence of many business processes on IT, the need to comply with increasing regulatory compliance demands and the benefits of managing risk effectively. To aid organizations in successfully meeting today’s business challenges, the IT Governance Institute® (ITGI) has published version COBIT® 4.1.
COBIT is an IT governance framework and supporting toolset that allows managers to bridge the gap between control requirements, technical issues and business risks. COBIT enables clear policy development and good practice for IT control throughout organizations. COBIT emphasizes regulatory compliance, helps organizations to increase the value attained from IT, enables alignment and simplifies implementation of the COBIT framework.
COBIT 4.1 can be used to enhance work already done based upon earlier versions; it does not invalidate that previous work. When major activities are planned for IT governance initiatives, or when an overhaul of the enterprise control framework is anticipated, it is recommended to start fresh with the most recent version of COBIT.

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Vendor Selection

2007-05-20T03:01:00.001-07:00

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FAQ's

2007-05-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

What is the purpose of COBIT?
Who is using COBIT?
Who are the process owners?
Why was the orientation of COBIT focused on the process rather than functions or applications?
How robust are the business requirements?
What is the overall quality of COBIT, and were any process owners/executives part of the expert review?
What is the future direction of COBIT?
How did ISACA/ITGI decide on the list of primary references?
Can I use COBIT as a statement of criteria for specific audit conclusions?
Are the control objectives meant to be a minimum level of control or best practice?
What about the absence of platform-specific controls?
Where are the application controls?
Why is there overlap within the control objectives?
Are the control objectives linked to the IT Assurance Guide and to what degree?
Why are there no risk statements with the control objectives?
What training is available for the use of COBIT?
Who in my organization should go to the training?
What is the level of training required?
In what way can I suggest to IT management that it use COBIT?
Is the COBIT framework superior to the other accepted control models?
What is the quickest and best way to sell COBIT to IT managers?
Since COBIT currently does not address associated business risks, but rather the more proactive control statements to be achieved, is there any consideration being given to address the perceived need of risk identification?
Has the COBIT framework been accepted by CIOs?
How are the management guidelines integrated into the COBIT framework?
The COBIT framework states that the COBIT maturity models are derived from the SEI Capability Maturity Model (CMM). What is the actual relationship between COBIT and CMM?
Do I need to meet an exact level when assessing a process using COBIT's maturity models, and does this differ from the original CMM approach?
COBIT has three dimensions of maturity. What do they mean?
How do you perform a COBIT-based maturity assessment?
How prescriptive are the COBIT maturity models and supporting guidance, and how does this compare to the CMM/CMMI approach?
The CMMI maturity levels appear to be different to the COBIT maturity levels. Is this true?
Is it really possible to benchmark my maturity levels with other organizations if the maturity assessments are not very precisely measured?
Are COBIT's maturity models useful to organizations that have already adopted CMMI?

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COBIT Overview
Successful organizations understand the benefits of information technology (IT) and use this knowledge to drive their shareholders’ value. They recognize the critical dependence of many business processes on IT, the need to comply with increasing regulatory compliance demands and the benefits of managing risk effectively. To aid organizations in successfully meeting today’s business challenges, the IT Governance Institute® (ITGI) has published version COBIT® 4.1.
COBIT is an IT governance framework and supporting toolset that allows managers to bridge the gap between control requirements, technical issues and business risks. COBIT enables clear policy development and good practice for IT control throughout organizations. COBIT emphasizes regulatory compliance, helps organizations to increase the value attained from IT, enables alignment and simplifies implementation of the COBIT framework.
COBIT 4.1 can be used to enhance work already done based upon earlier versions; it does not invalidate that previous work. When major activities are planned for IT governance initiatives, or when an overhaul of the enterprise control framework is anticipated, it is recommended to start fresh with the most recent version of COBIT.

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COBIT Framework

2006-04-07T14:53:00.000-07:00

COBIT
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The Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) is a set of best practices (framework) for information (IT) management created by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and the IT Governance Institute (ITGI) in 1992.
COBIT provides managers, auditors, and IT users with a set of generally accepted measures, indicators, processes and best practices to assist them in maximizing the benefits derived through the use of information technology and developing appropriate IT governance and control in a company.
The first edition was published in 1996; the second edition in 1998; the third edition in 2000 (the on-line edition became available in 2003); and the fourth edition in December 2005. It has more recently found favour due to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
In its 4th edition, COBIT has 34 high level objectives that cover 318 control objectives categorized in four domains: Plan and Organize, Acquire and Implement, Deliver and Support, and Monitor and Evaluate.
Be aware: The summary below is partly aligned to COBIT version 4.0 (which provides major changes compared to the former COBIT Version 3.2).
The COBIT mission is “to research, develop, publicize and promote an authoritative, up-to-date, international set of generally accepted information technology control objectives for day-to-day use by business managers and auditors.” Managers, auditors, and users benefit from the development of COBIT because it helps them understand their IT systems and decide the level of security and control that is necessary to protect their companies’ assets through the development of an IT governance model.
Recently, ISACA has released Val IT, which correlates the COBIT processes to senior management processes required to get good value from IT investments.
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COBIT is an IT governance framework and supporting toolset that allows managers to bridge the gap between control requirements, technical issues and business risks. COBIT enables clear policy development and good practice for IT control throughout organizations. ITGI’s latest version— COBIT® 4.0—emphasizes regulatory compliance, helps organizations to increase the value attained from IT, enables alignment and simplifies implementation of the COBIT framework. It does not invalidate work done based on earlier versions of COBIT but instead can be used to enhance work already done based upon those earlier versions. When major activities are planned for IT governance initiatives, or when an overhaul of the enterprise control framework is anticipated, it is recommended to start fresh with COBIT 4.0. COBIT 4.0 presents activities in a more streamlined and practical manner so continuous improvement in IT governance is easier than ever to achieve.

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