Auditing the IT Using Cobit

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Introductions

Most internal auditors will recognize the importance of reviewing the IT Governance of an organization as they are the basis for aligning IT and business objectives, compliance with increasing regulatory demands and effective management of risks related to IT.

This course will help you to develop IT Governance initiatives by providing guidelines and practical tips on planning, scoping and executing IT assurance /Audit reviews.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

Understand how IT management issues affect organizations.
Appreciate the Alignment of Corporate Goals to IT Goals
Understand the principles of IT governance, How IT governance helps address IT Management issues
Understand the different components of CobIT
Understand how Internal Audit can help the organization to achieve its enterprise goals by bringing effective IT governance
To Plan Assurance initiative and to effectively scope the assurance of the IT processes/controls
To see some examples of how CAAT can be used in CobIT assurance activities to prepare the report on conclusions and recommendations.

Duration & Learning Level

Learning Level: Intermediate

Duration: 3 day(s)-

IT Governance and Control Framework

IT Management Challenges
Scope and principles of IT governance
Stakeholders and benefits of IT governance
Characteristics of a control framework
COBIT : A control framework
Premise, components, and functions of the COBIT framework
Role of COBIT IT processes, IT resources, and information criteria
Linking business goals, IT goals, and IT processes
Framework, control objectives, and control practices
IT Governance Domains - A Review
Management guidelines - Practical Exercises
Assurance guide

COBIT for Internal Auditors

Overview of Internal Auditing
How COBIT can be used by Internal Audit
IT Assurance Principles and Context

Assurance Planning

IT Assurance Activities - Some examples and case studies
Risk based Assurance
Scoping the Assurance - High Level
IT Resources and Control Scoping - Detailed Level

Assurance Initiative Execution

Testing the Control Design
Testing the Outcome of the Control Objectives
Using CAAT for COBIT assurance Activities (Practical Demo)
Preparing the reports on conclusions and recommendations
Audit Checklists and templates will be provided for testing the controls
Top Ten Strengths of COBIT in Internal Audit
Issues in implementing COBIT
What COBIT does not offer to Internal Audit?
Aligning COBIT and Other /Frameworks
COBIT : Alignment with Other Standards and Frameworks such as ISO 20000,ISO 27001,BS25999 ,SOX

Upon completion of the training, participants will be provided a Certificate of Completion / Attendance.

IT Auditors while IT Managers
IT Quality Professionals
IT Leadership
IT Developers
Process Practitioners
Managers in IT Service