Overview

The COBIT® 5 Foundation course is a 2-day, interactive, classroom-based learning experience. Participants learn about the need for an IT governance framework and how COBIT addresses this need by providing the latest thinking in enterprise-wide governance of IT. This course explains the elements and supporting materials of the COBIT framework using a logical and example-driven approach for everyone interested in obtaining Foundation-level knowledge of COBIT.
This interactive course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of the COBIT IT governance and control framework. You will learn about IT governance issues that are affecting organizations globally and how COBIT addresses the need for sound IT governance practices with a globally accepted IT control and governance framework.
The course will step through the components of the COBIT Framework, both at a general conceptual level, and then with an "in depth" analysis of two specific Control Processes. The course prepares you for the official COBIT Foundation Exam organized under the umbrella of ISACA. Objectives
The objective of the Foundation Certificate is to confirm that a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding of the COBIT 5 Guidance and Management of enterprise IT, create awareness with their business executives and senior IT Management; assess the current state of their Enterprise IT with the objective of scoping what aspects of COBIT 5 would be appropriate to implement.

Objectives

The objective of the Foundation Certificate is to confirm that a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding of the COBIT 5 Guidance and Management of enterprise IT, create awareness with their business executives and senior IT Management; assess the current state of their Enterprise IT with the objective of scoping what aspects of COBIT 5 would be appropriate to implement.

Audience:

A wide range of business managers, IT management consultants, IT governance professionals, and auditors who wish to gain a better understanding of COBIT 5 and the benefits for their organization.

• Business Management
• Chief Executives
• Senior IT Support Staff
• IT/IS Auditors
• Information Security and IT Practitioners
• IT Consultants
• IT/IS Management looking to gain an insight into the Enterprise Governance of IT and looking to be certified as a COBIT Implementer or Assessor

The candidate should understand the key principals and terminology within COBIT 5. Specifically the candidate should know and understand :

• The major drivers for the development of a Framework.
• The business benefits of using COBIT 5.
• The COBIT 5 Product Architecture.
• The IT management issues and challenges that affect enterprises.
• The 5 Key Principles of COBIT 5 for the governance and management of Enterprise IT
• How COBIT 5 enables to be governed and managed in a holistic manner for the entire enterprise.
• Understand the key concepts in a Process Capability Assessment and the key attributes of the COBIT 5 PAM (Process Assessment Model)
• How the COBIT 5 Processes and the Process Reference Model (PRM) help guide the creation of the 5 Principles and the 7 Governance and Management Enablers.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, participants will gain competencies in:

• The need for a control framework to meet an organisation's need for IT Governance.
• How COBIT meets this requirement for an IT Governance Framework.
• The functions and benefits that COBIT provides.
• Key challenges of using IT
• IT governance concepts and benefits
• COBIT 5 framework, principles, and enablers
• Relationship between stakeholder needs and governance
• Implementation approach for COBIT 5
• Structure of the COBIT 5 process-reference model
• Governance and management domains
• Components of COBIT 5 processes
• Need for capability assessments
• The relationship between COBIT and other standards and best practices including ITIL, ISO20000, Prince2 and ISO17799 and COBIT 5 ISO/IEC 15504 approach
• The COBIT Framework and the components of COBIT (Control Objectives, Control Practices, Management Guidelines, Audit Guidelines).
• The products and services of ITGI that support the use of COBIT.
• Other COBIT 5 enablers for IT governance and management
• Application of COBIT 4 maturity model approach with COBIT 5
• How to apply COBIT in "real world" practical situations.
• This course will prepare you to take and pass the exam for the COBIT Foundation Certificate.

Benefit for Individuals

• Understand levels of IT-related risk and make informed decisions to reduce information security incidents. Deliver this understanding and risk awareness to improve prevention, detection and recovery within an organization.
• Provide tools for organizations to maintain high quality information to support business decisions.
• Help an organization to meet with regulatory and statutory or government requirements.
• Understand COBIT approach to governance and its relationship with other IT best practices. Benefit for Organizations
• Achieve strategic goals and realize business benefits through the effective and innovative use of IT.
• Support compliance with relevant laws, regulations, contractual agreements and policies and gain competitive edge over other organizations.
• Reduce complexity and increase cost-effectiveness due to improved and easier integration of information security standards, good practices
and/or sector-specific guidelines resulting in operational excellence through reliable, efficient application of technology.
• Improved integration of information security in the enterprise, resulting in increased user satisfaction with information security arrangements and outcomes

What's included in this course?

• Lunch and refreshments.
• Full course materials (digital copy provided as PDF file).
• The COBIT 5 examination (APMG).
• Certificate of attendance.

Exam Requirements :

• 50 Questions
• 40 minutes
• Closed book
• 50% pass required