COBIT Foundation

COBIT Foundation Course Overview

The COBIT 2019 Foundation Certificate program covers eight key areas: framework introduction, principles, governance system and components, governance and management objectives, performance management, designing a tailored governance system, business case and implementation.

• Certificate candidates explore COBIT 2019 concepts, principles and methodologies used to establish, enhance and maintain a system for effective governance and management of enterprise information technology. The exam will test a candidate's understanding of the topics and those that achieve a passing score on the COBIT 2019 Foundation exam receive the COBIT 2019 Foundation Certificate.

Skills Gained

• After you complete this course you will be able to:

• Recognize the context, benefits and key reasons COBIT is used as an information and technology governance framework.

• Explain the key attributes of the COBIT framework.

• Key attributes: Product family and alignment with industry frameworks.

• Compare the COBIT principles for governance system framework.

• Describe the components of a governance system:

• Governance and management objectives

• Components of the governance system

• Focus areas

• Design factors

• Goals cascade

• Describe the elements of governance and management objectives.

• Differentiate COBIT based performance management using maturity and capability perspectives.

• Discover how to design a tailored governance system using COBIT.

• Explain the key points of the COBIT business case.

• Describe the relationships between the COBIT Design and Implementation Guides.

• Prepare for the COBIT 2019 Foundation exam - Sample papers are set during the class by instructors to take during the class or as homework exercises.

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Who will the Course Benefit?

The course is suitable for Business Managers, Chief Executives, IT/IS Auditors, Internal Auditors, Information Security and IT Practitioners, Consultants and IT/IS Managers requiring an insight into the enterprise governance of IT and who may also be requiring certification as a COBIT 5 implementer or assessor.

Requirements

There are no pre-requisites for this class.

NOTE: Course technical content is subject to change without notice.

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Course Contents

Learners will dive into the core and structure of the COBIT framework, including:



New framework introduction

Key concepts and terminology

Governance and Framework Principles

Governance system and components

Governance and management objectives

Performance management

Designing a tailored governance system

From its foundation in the IT audit community, COBIT has developed into a broader and more comprehensive Information and Technology (I&T) governance and management framework and continues to establish itself as a generally accepted framework for I&T governance.