COBIT Foundation

Course overview

This 2-day course addresses the benefits of a sound IT Governance framework and explains how this can be realized using the best practice framework COBIT. The elements of the COBIT framework are explained using case studies and interactive presentations. An exam preparation module is included in the course preparing participants to take on the COBIT Foundation Exam. The actual exam, which is included in the price of the course from HP, is administered by a third party and is available for students to take for up to 3 months after course attendance. For information on the COBIT Foundation exam and how to register, please visit http://www.hp.com/education/cobit_found_exam.html

Prerequisites

• Some experience in IT Governance is recommended but not necessary
• It is recommended that students acquire a copy of the COBIT 4.x publication that can be downloaded for free from the ISACA website: http://www.isaca.org

Audience

• IT Support Staff
• IT Consultants
• Key Business Users
• Senior IT
• Audit management, practitioners, senior managers in IT service providing firms

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Course objectives

• Identify key IT-management issues affecting organizations and understand the need for an IT Governance framework
• Understand the components of COBIT and the role COBIT fulfils with respect to other IT-management frameworks
• Describe the COBIT Framework and components
• Understand how the COBIT framework can be applied for two sample COBIT processes, P010 and DS02
• Describe COBIT resources and understand how they benefit business

Benefits to you

Upon completion of this course, you will learn:

• How IT management issues are affecting organizations
• How COBIT meets the requirement for an IT Governance Framework
• How COBIT is used with other standards and best practices
• The COBIT Framework and all the components of COBIT
• How to apply COBIT in a practical situation
• How the use of COBIT is supported by the ITGI

Course outline

Identify key IT-management issues affecting organizations and understand the need for an IT Governance framework

• Identify the IT-management issues or challenges that affect organizations
• Identify who is responsible for IT Governance
• Identify the principles of IT Governance
• Identify how IT Governance resolves management issues
• Identify the need for a control framework driven by IT Governance

Understand the components of COBIT and the role COBIT fulfils with respect to other IT-management frameworks

• Identify COBIT components
• Understand how COBIT satisfies the requirements for a control framework
• Describe how COBIT aligns with other standards
• Understand how COBIT meets regulatory requirements
• Describe how COBIT helps managers and auditors in an organization

Describe the COBIT Framework and components

• Identify the functions of the COBIT framework
• Identify the characteristics of the four domains of IT
• Describe the role of COBIT IT processes
• Describe the seven information criteria
• Describe how COBIT defines resources in an IT environment
• Describe COBIT Control Objectives and indicators
• Describe Metrics, Critical Success Factors, and Maturity Models in Management Guidelines
• Describe the generic audit approach in Audit Guidelines

Understand how the COBIT framework can be applied for two sample COBIT processes, P010 and DS02

• Control Objectives and Control Practices for P010 and DS02
• COBIT Key Goal Indicators (KGIs) relevant to IT problems for P010 and DS02
• COBIT Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) relevant to the suggested KGIs for P010 and DS02
• COBIT KGIs and KPIs for P010 and DS02
• Application of Maturity Models for P010 and DS02

Describe COBIT resources and understand how they benefit business

• Describe the four COBIT resources, COBIT Online, COBIT QuickStart, COBIT Security Baseline, and Implementation Guide for IT Governance
• Identify how COBIT benefits business by linking back to IT Governance objectives