Date: 30 April 2011, 07:57
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COBIT is an IT governance framework and supporting toolset that allows managers to bridge the gap between control requirements, technical issues and business risks. COBIT enables clear policy development and good practice for IT control throughout organizations. COBIT emphasizes regulatory compliance, helps organizations to increase the value attained from IT, enables alignment and simplifies implementation of the COBIT framework. COBIT 4.1 refines and fine-tunes the material presented in COBIT 4.0 the first major update of the COBITcore content since the release of COBIT 3rd Edition in 2000. COBIT 4.1 includes guidance for boards of directors and all levels of management. It consists of four sections in a single publication: The executive overview The framework The core content (IT process description, control objectives, management guidelines and maturity models) Appendices (mappings, cross-references and a glossary) The core content is divided according to the 34 IT process. Each process is covered in four sections of approximately one page each, combining to give a complete picture of how to control, manage and measure the process. The four sections for each process, in order, are: The IT process description, which summarizes process goals, metrics and practices, and presents a mapping of the process to the process domains, information criteria and IT resources. The control objectives for the process Management guidelines: the process inputs and outputs, a RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted and/or Informed) chart, goals and metrics The maturity model for the process A reference card is included that contains the main reference diagrams from the COBIT 4.1 publication, including the domain/process overview diagram; the process mapping tables; business goals/IT goals/IT processes tables; relationship among processes, goals and metrics; and the COBIT products schematic.
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