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Tobias International can guide an organization through implementing the COBIT framework. COBIT 2019 is the latest version of the COBIT (Control objectives for information and related technology) framework. The goal of COBIT is “to research, develop, publish and promote an authoritative, up-to-date, international set of generally accepted information technology control objectives for day-to-day use by business managers, IT professionals and assurance professionals.”

What does this mean? COBIT defines a set of generic processes to manage an IT environment. Each process is defined together with process inputs and outputs, key process activities, process objectives, performance measures and an elementary maturity model. The framework supports governance of IT by defining and aligning business goals with IT goals and IT processes.

The COBIT components include:

  • Framework: Organize IT governance objectives and good practices by IT domains and processes, and links them to business requirements
  • Process descriptions: A reference process model and common language for everyone in an organization. The processes map to responsibility areas of plan, build, run and monitor.
  • Control objectives: Provide a complete set of high-level requirements to be considered by management for effective control of each IT process.
  • Management guidelines: Help assign responsibility, agree on objectives, measure performance, and illustrate interrelationship with other processes
  • Maturity models: Assess maturity and capability per process and helps to address gaps.