CPE Credits: 14.0 (This is a two-day seminar.)
Description: The seminar considers the need for an IT governance and control framework and explains how this is addressed by COBIT. The elements of the COBIT framework are explained using practical examples and scenario-based learning to show a process to successfully manage IT resources. For most organizations, one of the largest and least managed resources is Information Technology. As a manager, it is critical to know the business impacts and resource requirements and utilization of all processes as well as returns based on those processes. This seminar provides a framework that facilitates the management of the IT processes.
Audience: This seminar is intended for organizational and IT management including anyone in the decision making and oversight processes for managing IT resources. Additional beneficiaries could include internal and external audit professionals, C-Level managers and decision makers. Security Officers, Controllers and their management, InfoSec professionals, operations managers, and anyone interested in obtaining a better understanding of the requirements necessary for identifying, developing and maintaining a viable and successful enterprise-wide IT governance initiative.
Prerequisites: There is no prerequisite for this seminar.
Objectives:
After completing this seminar, participants will understand:
- The principles of IT Governance, how IT Governance helps organizations deal with IT management issues, and who should be responsible for IT Governance
- How IT management issues are affecting organizations;
- The need for a control framework driven by the need for IT Governance;
- How CobiT meets the requirement for an IT Governance framework;
- How CobiT is used with other standards and best practices;
- The benefits of using CobiT;
- The CobiT Framework and all the components of CobiT (Control Objectives, Control Practices, Management Guidelines, Audit Guidelines); and
- How to apply CobiT in a practical situation.
Course Outline:
· Responding to IT Challenges
· Introducing COBIT
· What does COBIT Provide? – Part 1
· What does COBIT Provide? – Part 2
· Applying COBIT in Practice
· Products and Support from ITGI
This seminar is based on materials from COBIT Version 4 which is owned and provided by ISACA and ITGI.
This seminar will be taught by Donald F Caniglia, CISA, CISM, FLMI
Mr. Caniglia has been providing Information Systems Audit, financial/operational audit, information security consulting services and IS Audit and security training primarily to the financial services industry for more than 30 years. He has been a Certified Systems Auditor since 1984 and recently awarded the Certified Information Security Manager designation from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). He has better than 18 years direct experience in Banking and S&L operational Audit, IS Audit, Systems Support and Information Security, with the last several years providing IS Audit, Security and Compliance services to Community Banks.