COBIT
4.1 Foundation & Implementation
IT
Governance
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Course
Summary:
This 2 day course
helps IT, audit, risk, and compliance professionals understand COBIT at a
foundational level. The course teaches the COBIT framework using practical
examples, case studies and interactive exercises to design a route map for
the implementation of IT governance using COBIT.
This course also addresses other
components of COBIT, such as Audit Guidelines, Management Guidelines, and
Control Objectives. This class helps prepare participants seeking to take the
ISACA COBIT Foundation 4.1 exam.
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Audience:
- IT Managers
- IT Auditors
- IT Quality Professionals
- IT Developers
- IT Process and Service Management Professionals
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Objectives:
- Understand ITGIs approach to an IT governance implementation
based on the IT Governance Implementation Guide, 2nd Edition.
- Recognize the need for a control framework driven by the need for
IT governance
- Identify how COBIT meets the requirement for an IT governance framework
- Identify the different COBIT components
- Learn how COBIT is used with other standards and best practices
- Identify the functions that COBIT provides and the benefits of using
COBIT
- Identify the COBIT Framework and all the components of
COBIT: control objectives,
control practices, management guidelines, and audit guidelines
- Identify how to apply COBIT in a practical situation
- Identify how the use of COBIT is supported by the ITGI.
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Prerequisites:
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- Some experience in IT governance and auditing is helpful, but not
necessary.
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Course
Outline:
I.
Identify key IT-management issues and understand the need for an
IT Governance framework
a.
Identify the IT-management challenges
that affect organizations
b.
Identify who is responsible for IT
Governance
c.
Identify the principles of IT
Governance
d.
Identify how IT Governance resolves
management issues
e.
Identify the need for a control
framework driven by IT Governance
II.
The components of
COBIT & VAL IT and their roles with respect to other IT-management
frameworks
a. IT
Governance Implementation Using COBIT and Val IT Overview of the road map
b. Identify COBIT components
c. Scoping
the Use of COBIT and Val IT Analyzing process maturity and identifying gaps
d. Understand how COBIT satisfies the requirements for a control
framework
e. Describe how COBIT aligns and integrates with other standards
f.•
Understand how COBIT meets regulatory
requirements
g. Describe how COBIT helps managers and auditors in an organization
III.
Describe the COBIT
Framework and components
a. Identify the functions of the COBIT framework
b. Identify the characteristics of the four domains of IT
c. Describe the role of COBIT IT processes
d. Describe the seven information criteria
e. Describe how COBIT defines resources in an IT environment
f.•
Describe COBIT Control Objectives and
indicators
g. Describe Metrics, Critical Success Factors, and Maturity Models in
Management Guidelines
h. Describe the generic audit approach in Audit Guidelines
IV.
Understand how the
COBIT framework can be applied for two sample COBIT processes, P010 and DS02
a. Control Objectives and Control Practices for P010 and DS02
b. COBIT Key Goal Indicators (KGIs) relevant to IT problems for P010
and DS02
c. COBIT Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) relevant to the suggested
KGIs for P010 and DS02
d. COBIT KGIs and KPIs for P010 and DS02
e. Application of Maturity Models for P010 and DS02
V.
Describe COBIT resources
and understand how they benefit business
a. Describe the COBIT resources: COBIT Online, COBIT QuickStart, COBIT Security
Baseline, and Implementation Guide for IT Governance
b. Identify how COBIT benefits business by linking back to IT
Governance objectives
c. Measuring the value of IT through VAL IT and COBIT
VI.
Prepare for COBIT Foundations 4.1 Exam
a. Take COBIT Foundation test preparation
b. Review test prep results, questions and key terms
