COBIT® Overview

Overview

1-day single organisation course

COBIT® (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies) is regarded as the world’s leading IT control and governance framework. This course covers COBIT v4.1.

The COBIT® governance framework, supporting toolset and documentation allows managers to bridge the gap between control requirements, technical issues and business risks.

COBIT® supports IT governance by providing a framework to ensure that:

IT is aligned with the business
IT enables the business and maximizes benefits
IT resources are used responsibly
IT risks are managed appropriately

In this one day course, participants will be equipped with an overview of COBIT® they can use for assessing IT-related controls and consider how the framework can assist them in implementing IT Governance and support IT Assurance.

Objectives

The main goal of the course is to ensure that participants have a good summary knowledge of COBIT®. At the end of the course, participants should:

Understand the principles and objectives of COBIT®
Identify and know when to use the various components of COBIT®
Understand the ITGI’s approach to IT Governance and how COBIT® supports this
Consider control improvements using Control Objectives and Control Practices
Consider Performance Measurement framework using COBIT® Goals and Metrics
Understand how COBIT® aligns with other best practice frameworks and standards such as ITIL, ISO2000, ISO17799 and ISO27001.

Who should attend?

The course is aimed at a wide range of business managers, IT professionals and auditors who wish to gain a better understanding of COBIT® and what it can do for them within their organisations.

Structure

The course comprises lectures and discussion. The course content is based on COBIT®, including the framework, the toolsets and COBIT®-related publications.

Content

Overview of IT Governance

COBIT® Origins and development

COBIT® Structure

Board Briefing
Framework
Control Objectives
IT Assurance Guidelines
Implementing and Continually IT Governance
Control Practices

Other COBIT® Components

COBIT® Security Baseline
COBIT® Online
COBIT® Quickstart

Aligning COBIT® to other best practices frameworks and standards.

Aligning IT operations and business functions.

Documentation

Comprehensive course documentation is provided.

What Next?

Following on from this course, you may wish to consider:

COBIT® Foundation
(2-day)
IT Governance Awareness (1-day or half-day)
Service Management and Governance Frameworks in Context (1-day)
IT Security course (3-day)
Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management (1-day) with optional practical workshop on day 2
IT Service Continuity Management Practitioner course (3-day)
ITIL® Courses