COBIT 5 - for IT audit assurance

WINDSOR, U.K. - July 10, 2013 - PRLog -- The demand for IT auditors in the industry has become very high. You see that there a lot of hacking and security threats which leaks out the sensitive information from an organization. Such an unethical practice will affect the goodwill of the company and brings down the level of confidence among the stakeholders. Therefore, for a good corporate governance, IT has an important consideration.

COBIT 5 is a certification issued by ISACA for the auditing practitioners in the IT sector. Their main responsibility is the risk assessment of the IT processes, systems, networking infrastructure and database management. ISACA’s COBIT 5 for Assurance evaluates organization’s degree of risk in its internal controls and processes on an IT perspective. Any deviations noticed are immediately made as a critical observation. A thorough inquiry about the non-compliance of data security is investigated. Once they identify the process flaw, they discuss with the IT manager and the concerned process head to formulate an effective control for mitigating the same.

COBIT 5 training imparts knowledge about how an IT framework is; and conducting a critical examination of the processes. Necessary recommendations on the observations are given to the top management and to the concerned process head. A COBIT certified professional can identify the areas where IT risks are prone to. As per the ISACA’s standards, there are various categorization of the risk families to which the risk-prone process are remarked.

COBIT Foundation program gives you a thorough knowledge and understanding of the IT principles and practices. It also helps to assess the deviations in an organization structure. Early identification of process flaw helps to correct it wisely. This enables for process efficiency and optimization for the organization. The level of operations gets smoother, with less runtime for the processes determining the capacity of the IT personnel to sort out complex issues effectively.

COBIT Foundation course can be taken by the individual who work in the IT infrastructure. It is an industry practice that IT Managers, auditors, process practitioners are the ideal candidates to enrich their skills by taking this course. This program gives you idea about how the cost increases in an IT environment when the organization suffers from any sort of security flaw. It defines and identifies the security threat to the database and application systems in a network framework having the probability to get hacked. Therefore, being proactive is very necessary in identifying about such risk that increases cost and productivity of the processes. COBIT 5 contains various practical guidelines to be considered in deployment of IT security for cost and product optimization strategically.

COBIT Foundation program covers 50 questions of multiple choices. You have to attain 50% marks in order to pass and get certified. There are various Accredited Training Organizations across the UK that provides with certifications on IT. These learning centers provides with classroom and virtual training. All you need to do is to register to the course by paying the fees online or visiting the learning academy.

The Knowledge Academy is an ATO having various learning centers across the UK. Have your IT skills certified by registering with them.