COBIT Version 4.1

BACKGROUND

The COBIT® 4.1 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®.

OBJECTIVES

• Master COBIT® 4.1 at a Foundation level.
• Interact and learn from peers in this intensive, group-learning exercise.
• The case-study-driven learning enables the participants to apply COBIT® in their day-to-day practice.
• The course is a steppingstone for the COBIT® Implementation Methodology course.

SYLLABUS

• The Audit Environment
  • Definition of auditing and the Professional Practices Framework
  • The audit process
  • Definitions of internal control
  • The COBIT® framework - brief overview
• The Information Technology (IT) Environment
  • IT organizational structures
  • Physical and logical architectures
  • Data organization and databases
  • IT infrastructure
• IT General Controls or Infrastructure Audits
  • General and application controls
  • Practice Advisory 2100-11 Effect of Pervasive IS Controls
  • General control audit steps
• Application Controls Audits
  • Paperless processes
  • Practice Advisory 2100-9 Application Systems Review
  • Application review audit steps
• Case Study
  • The general control environment of IT
  • Internal controls related to the infrastructure of a computerized system
  • The different types of IS general controls reviews
  • Evaluating IT infrastructure controls using COBIT®

TRAINING METHOD

1. 60% Theory
2. 40% Practices
3. Dynamic and interactive training presentation.

AUDIENCE TARGET

A wide range of business managers, IT management consultants, IT governance professionals, and auditors who wish to gain a better understanding of COBIT® 4.1 and what it can provide to their organization.

Course Leader :

Tatto Sugiopranoto

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