I am now COBIT Foundation certified

I received this email today morning from ISACA.

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Dear Mrs.:

Congratulations on passing the CobiT® Foundation Exam! You received a passing score of 90. Your official score letter and COBIT Foundation Exam Certificate will be sent shortly via the postal service. Depending on your worldwide location, please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery.

Earning your CobiT® Foundation Certificate provides you with recognition that you have mastered Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (CobiT®) at the foundation level, and that you understand the principles, elements and recommended application of CobiT. With this certificate, you will be eligible to participate in higher-level offerings, such Implementing IT Governance Using CobiT and Val IT classroom course, workshops and conventions. To learn more about upcoming CobiT courses and events, please visit www.isaca.org.

Individuals who earn this certificate are allowed and encouraged to display the words COBIT Foundation Certificate on business cards, resumes or other documents and media where professional designations are appropriately used.

The certificate does not represent completion of requirements for a certification program. ISACA offers the Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT™ (CGEIT™) www.isaca.org/cgeit for individuals wishing to be recognized for their IT governance knowledge and experience.

Congratulations again on your achievement. I wish you much success as you continue to learn about CobiT and use it in your profession.

Best regards,

ISACA

COBIT Foundation training and exam

29th and 30th June : I'm attending the COBIT Foundation training and certification exam at Pink Elephant. The training is held at The Nomad, 26th Floor. Pergh... the second last floor of the ETIQA Twin Building. Today is my exam day at 3.00 pm and as usual i'm cramming my brain with loads of information (all 150 pages).

What is control?
control is define as to reduce incidences or severity of undesirable events to acceptable levels.

What is COBIT?
COBIT is Control Objective for Information related Technology! its an open framework of good practises designed to reduce undesirable events an increase the value of IT to the business.

BITA - Business to IT Alignment. IT supports business. IT goals must be aligned to the Organizations'/Business's Goals.

IT Challenges
-Keeping IT running
-value
-costs
-mastering complexity
-BITA
-Regulatory compliance
-security

What is COSO?
COSO is The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. COSO is based on internal control. Its actually an initial report produced by the Treadway Commission. The Treadway Commission is a private-sector initiative called the National Commission on Fradulents Financial Reporting which was set up in 1985.

COBIT History?
-1st edition - audit tool created
-2nd edition - formally known as COBIT
-3rd edition - added management guidelines
-4th edition - added BITA
-4.1 edition - more improved and enhanced control objectives/Business and Management focus

Characteristic of a control framework (general framework)
-business focus
-process orientation
-general acceptability
-common language
-regulatory requirement

IT Governance is a part of entreprise governance.
Entreprise governance is a structure of relationships and processes designed to direct the entreprise towards achieving its goals.

IT resources needs to be managed by a set of naturally grouped processes - 4 domains ... which is build on the concept of Plan, Build, Run and Monitor.

IT governance integrates good practices to ensure IT supports the business objectives.

COBIT is IT Governance and an internal control framework!

What does IT Governance consists of?
-leadership
-organizational structures
-processes

Who is accountable/responsible for IT Governance?
-Executive Management
-Board of Directors

IT Governance institute (ITGI) owns the concept of IT Governance.

IT Governance is best described as the responsibility of executiveas and the Board of Directors and consists of leadership, organizational structures and processes that ensure that the entreprise's IT sustains and extends the organization's strategies and objectives.

COBIT is IT Governance. COBIT supports IT Governance by ensuring that:
-IT is aligned with the business (BITA)
-IT enables the business and maximize benefits (value delivery)
-IT resources are used responsibly
-IT risks are manages appropriately.

IT Governance Focus Area (5)
-Strategic Alignment
-Value Delivery
-Resource Management
-Risks Management
-Performance Management

ITIL tV3 Foundation raining and certification

Hi,

I've been busy with training again. This time attending ITIL certification training which is conducted by Quint Wellington Redwood. There's 16 of us from various IT units in IIUM. The best thing that its done in house so we could relate to what we're going through without disclosing it to external parties.

Anyway its 1. 50 am .. just finished studying 6 chapters of ITIL .. oh by the way .. ITIL stands for IT Infrastructure Library. What is the training about? to build understanding on IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Infrastructure Library. Its a source of best practices and standards in IT Service Management. It evolves on 5 major cycles : Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operations and lastly Continuous Service Improvement.

I just practised sample 1 exam question and scored 26/40 -- YAY!! passing mark for certification.

Now, going to start of with 2nd round of reading the 6 chapters .. mmmm feed my son .. and the get a lil bit of nap .. lets say 3 hours?? Nahh ... a 2 hour sleep is sufficient :-P

Please pleaseee ... I need to pass this certification exam .. *adehhhhh*