Course Description:
G2SF’s COBIT Awareness course is a 2-hour, introductory training course that addresses the importance of IT governance and the need for an IT control framework. The course introduces and explains COBIT at a high level as a best practice framework for IT governance. Users learn how COBIT provides good practices across a domain and process framework that presents activities in a manageable and logical structure. In addition, the course provides information on how COBIT is related to other frameworks, such as ITIL, ISO/IEC 27002, and COSO.
Audience:
IT support staff, key business users, and senior IT management.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this course, the student will gain the following competencies:
- Identify how IT management issues affect organizations.
- Recognize the need for a control framework driven by the need for IT governance.
- Identify how COBIT meets the requirement for an IT governance framework.
- Identify how COBIT is used with other standards and best practices.
Course Organizational Logistics:
Computer (Pentium IV, Internet Explorer 5.x, cookies enabled, Macromedia Flash Player 6.0, speakers or a headset, and 1,024X768 pixel resolution)
Prerequisites:
None. (Familiarity with IT Service Delivery is beneficial.
Course Student Material:
- Online, self-paced instructional material available for 90 days.
- Students can download the following additional reference materials from the ISACA website (http://www.isaca.org): COBIT v4.1
About the Examination:
- None
Credits:
- CPE Units: None
Course Contents:
Course lessons include two modules as follows:
1 Responding to IT Challenges
- Challenges that organizations are facing today
- The need for a governance and control framework
- The scope of IT governance
2 Introducing COBIT
- An overview of the COBIT framework
- Information requirements
- Resources
- Processes
