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Passing the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination is not difficult; but you do need to know the basics of COBIT 4.1 well, in order to do so.T.GILLING, AUTHOR, BEGINNER’S COBIT COMPANION: PREPARING FOR THE COBIT 4.1 FOUNDATION EXAMINATION |
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| BEGINNER’SCOBITCOMPANION Beginner's COBIT Companion provides a gentle introduction to COBIT 4.1, the IT Governance framework from ISACA; it contains a wealth of useful information for any reader new to the subject. The principle chapters are short, and to-the-point, providing just enough information to quickly give the reader an understanding of the fundamentals of COBIT 4.1; in fact, most readers should be pleasantly surprised at just how quickly they can get up-to-speed on COBIT 4.1 using this book. The appendices, which make up a large part of this book, contain the extra details that might be needed later, once the basics have been mastered, to progress to the next level. A revision guide for the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination has also been included, along with two, forty-question, mock exams. The inclusion of extensive extracts from the original COBIT 4.1 manual, licensed from ISACA/ITGI, ensures that the reader can start to familiarise themselves with the concepts, terminology, and phraseology found in the official COBIT 4.1 literature. |
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| BEGINNER’SCOBITCOMPANION: PREPARING FOR THE COBIT 4.1 FOUNDATION EXAMINATION Passing the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination is not difficult; but you do need to know the basics of COBIT 4.1 well, in order to do so. Beginner’s COBIT Companion: Preparing for the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination can help you to learn the basics of COBIT 4.1. It contains extensive extracts from the original COBIT 4.1 manual, reproduced under license from ISACA/ITGI, as well as three, forty-question, mock exams to help you gauge your probable readiness to sit the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination. Beginner’s COBIT Companion: Preparing for the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination is designed to help you get up to speed on COBIT 4.1 quickly, and focuses specifically on those aspects of COBIT 4.1 that you will need to know in order to pass the exam. For example, COBIT 4.1 contains thirty-four processes but only only two are tested in detail by the exam, therefore, whilst all the processes are mentioned, only COBIT processes PO10 and DS2 are presented in full detail in this book. |
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Beginner’s COBIT Companion:Preparing for the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination |
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T. Gilling |
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HISTORY COBIT was created by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Over the years, several versions of COBIT have been published:
- COBIT 1 was published in 1996 and was originally focused on auditing.
- COBIT 2 was published in 1998 and was focused on control.
- COBIT 3 was published in 2000 and was focused on management.
- COBIT 4 was published in 2005 and was focused on IT governance.
- COBIT 4.1, a minor revision to COBIT 4, was published in 2007, remained focused on IT governance.
- COBIT 5 was published on 10th April 2012 and represents the most significant change in the framework to date, as it integrates COBIT 4.1, Val IT 2.0, Risk IT, Business Model for Information Security (BMIS), IT Assurance Framework (ITAF), and other best practice materials, into a new super-framework; a business framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT.
Before the release of COBIT 5, COBIT was an acronym, that stood for Control OBjectives for Information and related Technology. However, with the launch of COBIT 5, which is no longer just about control objectives for information and related technology, COBIT is no longer an acronym it is simply the name of the new framework. COBIT 5 is very new, and people are still getting to know it. A mature ecosystem of support materials for COBIT 5 does not yet exist, although it is hoped that this will rapidly develop over the next couple of years (2012-2013). Formal training and certification for COBIT 5 should start to appear in 2012. In the interim, COBIT 4.1 and the other frameworks, now integrated into COBIT 5, already have their own substantial support materials available for immediate use. ISACA began life in 1967, and was initially focused on the audit of computer system controls, it became formalised in 1969 as the EDP Auditors Association (EDPAA). In 1976 the association formed an educational foundation, to undertake research in the fields of IT governance and control. EDPAA was renamed Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) in 1994, and from 2006 onwards it has been formally known only by its acronym, ISACA. For more information on ISACA, please visit their website: www.isaca.org ISACA is affiliated with the IT Governance Institute (ITGI), which was founded in 1998 as a not-for-profit think-tank dedicated to IT governance research. Development of the COBIT framework content is supervised by the COBIT Steering Committee, international working groups provide quality assurance and expert review, and overall project guidance is provided by ITGI. For more information on ITGI, please visit their website: www.itgi.org COBIT; your evolving enterprise framework. |
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AUDIENCE You may be surprised to learn that even though ISACA’s COBIT 4.1 framework is designed to address the IT Governance needs of a wide-range of organisations, that the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Certificate is really not aimed solely at your average IT Professional. The COBIT 4.1 framework helps to shape some of the highest-level behaviours in an organisation and accordingly needs to be fully understood by some of the most senior players; those that will be accountable for the ultimate success of any COBIT 4.1 implementation, and its subsequent refinement and maturation. Of course, any COBIT 4.1 implementation will require input and help from all levels, not just those at the top, but also from those that will be responsible, consulted, and informed, including IT Professionals and, perhaps more importantly, Business Professionals. However, first and foremost, it needs to be understood by those in the following roles:
- Board
- Business Executive
- Business Process Owner
- Business Senior Management
- Chief Architect
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Compliance, Audit, Risk, and Security (CARS)
- Configuration Manager
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- Deployment Team
- Head Development
- Head IT Administration
- Head Operations
- Problem Manager
- Project Management Office (PMO)
- Service Desk/Incident Manager
- Service Manager
- Training Department
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COBIT 4.1; designed for the most senior IT and Business Professionals.
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SOX The Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 (SOX) is a United States federal law that set new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards, management, and public accounting firms. Stricter financial governance laws, based on SOX, have now been adopted in Australia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Africa, and Turkey. COBIT 4.1 is a commonly adopted, and internationally recognised, IT governance framework that can be used to help enterprises comply with the IT control requirements of SOX, and other SOX-like legislation. ITGI has previously published detailed guidance on how COBIT 4.0 can help an enterprise comply with its SOX requirements. The latest version of this guidance is the publication titled IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley: The Role of IT in the Design and Implementation of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, 2nd Edition, published in 2006. This publication was designed as a reference for executive management and IT control professionals, including IT management and assurance professionals; it provides the following guidance:
- Top-down, risk-based, approach
- Defining relevant controls
- Managing the human element
- Application controls
- SAS 70 reporting
- Approaches for smaller companies
COBIT 4.1, launched in 2007, is a minor revision to COBIT 4.0, and is now considered to be equally helpful with regards to achieving SOX compliance. COBIT 5, which was launched on 10th April 2012, is, in many practical ways, different to COBIT 4.0 and COBIT 4.1, does not have specific support material explaining how it can best be used to address the SOX requirements available at this point in time; it is hoped that such material will become available at some point during 2013. COBIT 4.1; helping you meet your SOX commitments. |
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| CERTIFICATION COBIT 4.1 is an internationally recognised IT Governance framework from ISACA, it is used in many thousands of organisations, all around the world, not just America. Many of those organisations are publicly listed financial services businesses which use COBIT 4.1 to help them comply with the IT control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 (SOX). Of course, COBIT 4.1 can deliver much more than just SOX-compliance, it is applicable to a wide-range of IT-enabled organisations, where it can help to control the efficient and effective use of IT, to manage the risks of using IT, and to ensure that IT delivers real value to the organisation. COBIT 4.1 has been harmonised with more than forty IT standards, frameworks, guidelines, and good practices, including COSO, ITIL, ISO/IEC 27000, CMM, CMMI, PMBoK, and The Standard of Good Practice for Information Security, to name but a few. COBIT 4.1 is designed to be used at the highest levels of an organisation and acts as an umbrella framework within which other IT standards, frameworks, guidelines, and good practices can seamlessly integrate. Business and IT professionals that have achieved the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Certificate understand the IT management challenges that modern businesses face, and how the different elements of the COBIT 4.1 framework can help to respond to those challenges. Don’t delay, get COBIT 4.1 qualified today! |
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| SELF-STUDY You do not need to attend an expensive, and possibly time-consuming, classroom-based training course in order to earn the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Certificate; if you prefer, you can simply self-study in your own time, at your own pace, and then sit the exam on-line, wherever you want, whenever you want. The exam costs US$150 from the ISACA eLearning Campus. Study materials, such as the ones listed on this web page, start at US$34.99. Dependent on how quickly you learn, and of course whether you actually pass the exam, you could get your qualification in as little as two weeks. Save time and money; self-study for your COBIT 4.1 qualification! |
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| TRAINING Are you scheduled to attend a classroom-based COBIT 4.1 Foundation Training Course in the near future? If you are, then perhaps you might like to get up to speed on COBIT 4.1 before you go. Training courses often pack a lot of information into a relatively short period of time, at the end of which you are typically expected to sit an exam. Sometimes it is hard to remember all the facts that you have just been taught. By undertaking some pre-training-course preparation, using one of the COBIT 4.1 study aids available from this web site, you should be able to get a good grade; you might even end up being top of the class. Beginner’s COBIT Companion: Preparing for the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination provides an excellent introduction to COBIT 4.1, and also includes three, forty-question, mock exams to help you gauge your readiness to sit the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination. Get ahead of the curve; plan for your exam success today! |
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| RUN YOUR OWN EXAM It’s easy! Simply go to the ISACA eLearning Campus (here) and purchase an on-line COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination. Then all you have to do is sit the exam, wherever and whenever you want; you can sit it at your desk at work, you can sit it in your home, its entirely up to you, you choose what is most convenient. You do not need a proctor (someone to supervise you). All you need is a computer, with a reliable internet connection, and a modern web browser. The exam takes one hour, and consists of 40 multi-choice questions; with a pass mark of 70%. When you are finished, if you have passed, you will then be able to immediately download your COBIT 4.1 Foundation Certificate. It’s fast, convenient, and at US$150.00, very affordable. Get COBIT 4.1 qualified today; it’s simpler than you think! |
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| EXAMS Business and IT professionals that have passed the COBIT 4.1 Foundation Examination understand the IT management challenges that modern businesses face, and how the different elements of the COBIT 4.1 framework can help to respond to those challenges. No Proctor Required!Book On-line!Sit On-line!Anytime!Anywhere!Only US$150.00 Sign-up today via the ISACA eLearning Campus, here |
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| JOBS The COBIT framework is used by thousands of organisations all around the world, and even though COBIT 5 was launched on 10th April 2012, pretty much all of those organisations are still using COBIT 4.1, and some might even be using earlier versions. COBIT 5 will start to become more popular over the next couple of years (2013 onwards). Initially, take-up of COBIT 5 will be slow, as people take time to get to know and understand it, its ecosystem of vitally important support material matures, and a complete range of formal training and certification schemes start to become available. Moving forward, new implementations will nearly all use COBIT 5. However, one segment of the market that may be slower, in its adoption of COBIT 5, could well be enterprises that must comply with SOX; as detailed guidance on how COBIT 5 can help with such challenges is not yet available. Some of the existing organisations using COBIT 4.1 will upgrade to COBIT 5, if they can make a compelling business case for doing so, i.e., they can see a way that COBIT 5 will make their organisation more effective and/or efficient, at a reasonable cost. Organisations that do decide to upgrade from COBIT 4.1 to COBIT 5, perhaps as part of their commitment to Continual Service Improvement (CSI), will, realistically, need personnel skilled in both versions, as they will best understand both the past (legacy systems) as well as the future (new systems). Change for the sake of change makes no sense, and the launch of COBIT 5 by itself is not a good enough reason to upgrade any organisation; ultimately it has to make good business sense; bring real benefit at a justifiable cost. For many existing organisations, the business case, for upgrading to COBIT 5, will not be clear cut, and so, they will, most likely, stay with COBIT 4.1 for quite some time (many years); simply put, if something still works well, then why change it? Also, the differences between COBIT 4.1 and COBIT 5 are, in many ways, really quite substantial, for example, COBIT 5 is no longer just about IT Governance, it is about a whole lot more, and any upgrade project between the two will, most likely, not be trivial, quick, or cheap, even when focussing on just the commonalities between the two versions. In such a situation, the Return On Investment (ROI) of an upgrade must be clear, and usually fairly substantial, in order to justify the risks that are inherent in all such changes. So, for the next couple of years, COBIT 4.1-related jobs are likely to remain quite steady, to support the on-going needs of existing IT Governance systems, and especially within organisations where COBIT 4.1 is currently being used to help comply with the IT control requirements of SOX. COBIT 5 implementation and upgrade projects will obviously seek professionals certified in COBIT 5, but the upgrade projects will also seek professionals that have an understanding of both the older version of COBIT, version 4.1, as well as the new one. So even in a world where all the existing COBIT 4.1-based organisations decide to upgrade to COBIT 5 there will still remain a modest need for COBIT 4.1 skills, albeit mostly in the form of those individuals that have both COBIT 4.1 and COBIT 5 certifications and experience. COBIT skills are useful not only for implementation or upgrade projects but are also used by internal and external auditors, checking, for example, that an organisation has correctly complied with the IT control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. From the perspective of an external auditor, various versions of COBIT could be encountered, from one audit to the next, suggesting that a good understanding of the two most recent versions, namely COBIT 4.1 and COBIT 5, would be beneficial skills to have under your belt. Click on the following links to search for COBIT jobs in various countries around the world; the links will take you to the Monster.com job site:
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| Disclaimer: The author of this web site accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss that may arise from the use of information contained herein.® COBIT is a Registered Trade Mark of ISACA and ITGI.© Copyright T.Gilling. All rights reserved. |
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