COBIT 5 Foundation

Course details

OVERVIEW: COBIT 5 is an internationally recognized framework that ISACA developed for IT management and governance. COBIT Foundation training in Dubai introduces professionals to the fundamentals of IT governance and ways to align IT goals with business objectives. In this COBIT 5 Foundation course, professionals examine the core elements and concepts of the COBIT framework using logical, example-based instruction.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:

Market Trends: In today's digital world, virtually every major corporation employs some level of IT, to maintain technological demands and remain competitive. According to Burning Glass, IT Manager jobs are projected to grow at a rate of between . Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics data, IT auditor employment is expected to grow by 12% between 2016 and 2026. Thus, the above trend clearly illustrates a bright future for skilled COBIT professionals.

Salary Trends: The information technology industry has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years, resulting in numerous opportunities for IT professionals with competitive salaries. Professionals who hold certifications can successfully advance their careers as well as be adequately compensated. The COBIT 5 Foundation certification demonstrates professionals' proficiency to recruiters and helps enhance their salaries. In Dubai, the average salary of an IT Auditor is AED 75,129 per annum according to

Demand and Opportunities: In the global job market, demand for IT professionals has skyrocketed due to the rapid adoption of COBIT 5 by various organizations. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicates that employment in computer and information technology occupations will grow 13% from 2020 to 2030, faster than average for all occupations. It was further estimated that the IT field would add approximately 667,600 new jobs from . IT employment is growing at a faster rate than the average for all occupations, creating a higher demand for COBIT professionals.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Key Feature of COBIT 5

• Structure of the COBIT 5 framework
• Business needs and benefits provided by COBIT 5

Analyzing The Five Principles
Meeting stakeholder needs

• Benefits realization
• Risk and resource optimization
• Supporting the creation of business value through IT
• Transforming stakeholder needs into an enterprise's actionable strategy
• Clarifying the purpose of the goals cascade
• Translating high-level enterprise goals into specific IT-related goals

Covering the enterprise end-to-end

• A framework for business and IT leaders
• Interrelating key roles and activities

Applying a single integrated framework

• Implementing COBIT 5 as an integrator
• Aligning the practices into a single model

Enabling a holistic approach

• Evaluating the key components of the enabler dimension
• Reviewing measurement indicators for achieving goals

Separating governance from management

• Balancing enterprise direction and objectives
• Governance vs management of IT

Investigating the Seven Enablers
Principles, policies, and frameworks

• Meeting good practice requirements for the scope, compliance, exceptions, and monitoring
• Differentiating policies and principles

Processes

• Reviewing the key characteristics of the process goal categories
• The Process Reference Model

Organizational structures

• Implementing practices for operations, responsibility delegation, and decision-making
• The key responsibilities of key organizational roles

Culture, ethics, and behavior

• Creating, encouraging, and maintaining desired behaviors
• Relating organizational and individual ethics with goals

Information

• Reviewing the information quality categories
• Interrelating the five steps of the information cycle with the information enablers
• Applying information attributes to layers
• Assessing context and quality of information to the user with key attributes

Services, infrastructure, and applications

• Analyzing the five architecture principles that govern the use of IT-related resources
• Relationship with the other enablers

People, skills, and competencies

• Defining skill requirements for each role
• Mapping the skill categories to the process domains
• Skill categories in relation to the process domains

Foundation of COBIT Implementation
Recalling the facts, terms & concepts of implementation

• Management of the program
• Change enablement
• Core continual improvement life cycle

Applying the continual improvement life cycle to enable change

• Reviewing enterprise-specific internal and external environments related to change management
• Addressing pain points and trigger events
• Phases and characteristics of the life cycle model
• Realizing business benefits with a good business case

Integrating the COBIT 5 Process Capability Model

• The core facts, terms, and concepts based on ISO 15504
• Scoping and the Process Assessment Model (PAM)

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Upon completion of our Cobit Foundation training, the candidate will be able to:

• Understand and apply COBIT 5 concepts and principles
• Master process capability assessment using COBIT 5
• Assess security risks and take appropriate measures to reduce them
• Establish the "Governance of Enterprise Information Technology” (GEIT) on the basis of a continual improvement cycle
• Improve internal process control and reliability

ACCREDITATION:

Our Cobit 5 Foundation training course in Dubai is accredited by ISO 9001: 2015 and the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA).

ALUMNI: Our academy graduates of COBIT 5 training are successfully placed in some of the top-notch companies in Dubai like Jumeirah, Aramex, Airarabia, Damac, Emaar, etc. They are entrepreneurs, career changers, and lifelong learners. Updated on 22 August, 2024