COBIT 5Principal 3 Applying A Single Integrated FrameworkEng. Mohammad Reda KatbySolutions Architect

Introduction

Why COBIT 5 is a single and integrated framework?

It aligns with other latest relevant standards and frameworks Allows the enterprise to use it as the overarching governance and management framework integrator.

It is complete in enterprise coverage Provide a basis to integrate other frameworks, standards and practices used

A single overarching framework serves as a consistent and integrated source of guidance in a nontechnical, technology-agnostic common language.

It provides a simple architecture for structuring guidance materials and producing a consistent product set.

It integrates all knowledge previously dispersed over different ISACA frameworks.

COBIT 5 Framework Integrator

Figure 10 provides a graphical description of how COBIT 5 achieves its role of an aligned and integrated framework

COBIT 5 Framework Integrator

COBIT 5 framework delivers to its stakeholders complete and up-to-date guidance on governance and management of enterprise IT by:

Researching and using a set of sources that have driven the new content development, including:

Bringing together the existing ISACA guidance (COBIT 4.1, Val IT 2.0, Risk IT, BMIS) into this single framework

Complementing this content with areas needing further elaboration and updates

Aligning to other relevant standards and frameworks, such as ITIL, TOGAF and ISO standards.

Defining a set of governance and management enablers, which provide a structure for all guidance materials

COBIT 5 Framework Integrator