Program Detail:

Contents

• Need for an IT control framework and how this is addressed by COBIT
• The elements of the COBIT Framework with practical examples
• IT governance issues and how COBIT addresses the need for sound IT governance practices
• The components of the COBIT Framework
• How to apply COBIT in practice
  
  
  1. Introduction to COBIT
     • Positioning of COBIT from control objectives to IT governance
     • Governance concepts and IT issues and how COBIT is useful in these matters
     
     
     
  2. The need for control and a control framework
     • What is the business risk?
     • Achieving business objectives
     • Defining what is control
     • How to control and manage IT processes
     • The benefits of using COBIT to support control and governance of IT
     
     
     
  3. Introduction to COBIT Terminology
     • COBIT as an IT Framework
     • The Information Criteria
     • Information Resources
     • The Domains
     • The IT Processes
     • The Control Objectives
     • The Management Guidelines
     • The Audit Guidelines
     
     
     
  4. Applying COBIT in practice
     
     
  5. Introduction to Implementation Tools