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Glossary

COBIT

ISACA's framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT.

What it means

COBIT provides a governance model for enterprise IT, separating governance objectives from management objectives and mapping them to enterprise goals. COBIT 2019 is the current edition; COBIT 5 preceded it.

It is used most often where IT governance must be demonstrated to a board or an auditor, and it pairs with control frameworks rather than replacing them.

Where MyRISK fits

What we do about it

COBIT describes what governance should produce. Trace records an instance of it — a specific decision, with the evidence and authority behind it — which is what a reviewer asks for when the framework itself is not in question.

MyRISK Trace

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A definition rarely settles it. Tell us what happened — the request, the finding, the challenge or the incident — and we will say where to start, or that it isn't us.