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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ISACA wishes to recognise:
COBIT 5 Task Force (2009-2011)
John W. Lainhart, IV, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, IBM Global Business Services, USA, Co-chair
Derek J. Oliver, Ph.D., CISA, CISM, CRISC, CITP, DBA, FBCS, FISM, MInstISP,
Ravenswood Consultants Ltd., UK, Co-chair
Pippa G. Andrews, CISA, ACA, CIA, KPMG, Australia
Elisabeth Judit Antonsson, CISM, Nordea Bank, Sweden
Steven A. Babb, CGEIT, CRISC, Betfair, UK
Steven De Haes, Ph.D., University of Antwerp Management School, Belgium
Peter Harrison, CGEIT, FCPA, IBM Australia Ltd., Australia
Jimmy Heschl, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, ITIL Expert, bwin.party digital entertainment plc, Austria
Robert D. Johnson, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CISSP, Bank of America, USA
Erik H.J.M. Pols, CISA, CISM, Shell International-ITCI, The Netherlands
Vernon Richard Poole, CISM, CGEIT, Sapphire, UK
Abdul Rafeq, CISA, CGEIT, CIA, FCA, A. Rafeq and Associates, India
Development Team
Floris Ampe, CISA, CGEIT, CIA, ISO 27000, PwC, Belgium
Gert du Preez, CGEIT, PwC, Canada
Stefanie Grijp, PwC, Belgium
Gary Hardy, CGEIT, IT Winners, South Africa
Bart Peeters, PwC, Belgium
Dirk Steuperaert, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, IT In Balance BVBA, Belgium
Workshop Participants
Gary Baker, CGEIT, CA, Canada
Brian Barnier, CGEIT, CRISC, ValueBridge Advisors, USA
Johannes Hendrik Botha, MBCS-CITP, FSM, getITright Skills Development, South Africa
Ken Buechler, CGEIT, CRISC, PMP, Great-West Life, Canada
Don Caniglia, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, FLMI, USA
Mark Chaplin, UK
Roger Debreceny, Ph.D., CGEIT, FCPA, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Mike Donahue, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CFE, CGFM, CICA, Towson University, USA
Urs Fischer, CISA, CRISC, CPA (Swiss), Fischer IT GRC Consulting & Training, Switzerland
Bob Frelinger, CISA, CGEIT, Oracle Corporation, USA
James Golden, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CISSP, IBM, USA
Meenu Gupta, CISA, CISM, CBP, CIPP, CISSP, Mittal Technologies, USA
Gary Langham, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, CPFA, Australia
Nicole Lanza, CGEIT, IBM, USA
Philip Le Grand, PRINCE2, Ideagen Plc, UK
Debra Mallette, CISA, CGEIT, CSSBB, Kaiser Permanente IT, USA
Stuart MacGregor, Real IRM Solutions (Pty) Ltd., South Africa
Christian Nissen, CISM, CGEIT, FSM, CFN People, Denmark
Jamie Pasfield, ITIL V3, MSP, PRINCE2, Pfizer, UK
Eddy J. Schuermans, CGEIT, ESRAS bvba, Belgium
Michael Semrau, RWE Germany, Germany
Max Shanahan, CISA, CGEIT, FCPA, Max Shanahan & Associates, Australia
Alan Simmonds, TOGAF9, TCSA, PreterLex, UK
Cathie Skoog, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, IBM, USA
Dejan Slokar, CISA, CGEIT, CISSP, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Canada
Roger Southgate, CISA, CISM, UK
Nicky Tiesenga, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, IBM, USA
Wim Van Grembergen, Ph.D., University of Antwerp Management School, Belgium
Greet Volders, CGEIT, Voquals N.V., Belgium
Christopher Wilken, CISA, CGEIT, PwC, USA
Tim M. Wright, CISA, CRISC, CBCI, GSEC, QSA, Kingston Smith Consulting LLP, UK
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (CONT.)
Expert Reviewers
Mark Adler, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, Commercial Metals Company, USA
Wole Akpose, Ph.D., CGEIT, CISSP, Morgan State University, USA
Krzysztof Baczkiewicz, CSAM, CSOX, Eracent, Poland
Roland Bah, CISA, MTN Cameroon, Cameroon
Dave Barnett, CISSP, CSSLP, USA
Max Blecher, CGEIT, Virtual Alliance, South Africa
Ricardo Bria, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, Meycor GRC, Argentina
Dirk Bruyndonckx, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, MCA, KPMG Advisory, Belgium
Donna Cardall, UK
Debra Chiplin, Investors Group, Canada
Sara Cosentino, CA, Great-West Life, Canada
Kamal N. Dave, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, Hewlett Packard, USA
Philip de Picker, CISA, MCA, National Bank of Belgium, Belgium
Abe Deleon, CISA, IBM, USA
Stephen Doyle, CISA, CGEIT, Department of Human Services, Australia
Heidi L. Erchinger, CISA, CRISC, CISSP, System Security Solutions, Inc., USA
Rafael Fabius, CISA, CRISC, Uruguay
Urs Fischer, CISA, CRISC, CPA (Swiss), Fischer IT GRC Consulting & Training, Switzerland
Bob Frelinger, CISA, CGEIT, Oracle Corporation, USA
Yalcin Gerek, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, ITIL Expert, ITIL V3 Trainer, PRINCE2, ISO/IEC 20000 Consultant, Turkey
Edson Gin, CISA, CISM, CFE, CIPP, SSCP, USA
James Golden, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CISSP, IBM, USA
Marcelo Hector Gonzalez, CISA, CRISC, Banco Central Republic Argentina, Argentina
Erik Guldentops, University of Antwerp Management School, Belgium
Meenu Gupta, CISA, CISM, CBP, CIPP, CISSP, Mittal Technologies, USA
Angelica Haverblad, CGEIT, CRISC, ITIL, Verizon Business, Sweden
Kim Haverblad, CISM, CRISC, PCI QSA, Verizon Business, Sweden
J. Winston Hayden, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, South Africa
Eduardo Hernandez, ITIL V3, HEME Consultores, Mexico
Jorge Hidalgo, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, ATC, Lic. Sistemas, Argentina
Michelle Hoben, Media 24, South Africa
Linda Horosko, Great-West Life, Canada
Mike Hughes, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, 123 Consultants, UK
Grant Irvine, Great-West Life, Canada
Monica Jain, CGEIT, CSQA, CSSBB, Southern California Edison, USA
John E. Jasinski, CISA, CGEIT, SSBB, ITIL Expert, USA
Masatoshi Kajimoto, CISA, CRISC, Japan
Joanna Karczewska, CISA, Poland
Kamal Khan, CISA, CISSP, CITP, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Eddy Khoo S. K., Prudential Services Asia, Malaysia
Marty King, CISA, CGEIT, CPA, Blue Cross Blue Shield NC, USA
Alan S. Koch, ITIL Expert, PMP, ASK Process Inc., USA
Gary Langham, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, CPFA, Australia
Jason D. Lannen, CISA, CISM, TurnKey IT Solutions, LLC, USA
Nicole Lanza, CGEIT, IBM, USA
Philip Le Grand, PRINCE2, Ideagen Plc, UK
Kenny Lee, CISA, CISM, CISSP, Bank of America, USA
Brian Lind, CISA, CISM, CRISC, Topdanmark Forsikring A/S, Denmark
Bjarne Lonberg, CISSP, ITIL, A.P. Moller - Maersk, Denmark
Stuart MacGregor, Real IRM Solutions (Pty) Ltd., South Africa
Debra Mallette, CISA, CGEIT, CSSBB, Kaiser Permanente IT, USA
Charles Mansour, CISA, Charles Mansour Audit & Risk Service, UK
Cindy Marcello, CISA, CPA, FLMI, Great-West Life & Annuity, USA
Nancy McCuaig, CISSP, Great-West Life, Canada
John A. Mitchell, Ph.D., CISA, CGEIT, CEng, CFE, CITP, FBCS, FCIIA, QiCA, LHS Business Control, UK
Makoto Miyazaki, CISA, CPA, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, UFJ Ltd., Japan
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (CONT.)
Expert Reviewers (cont.)
Lucio Augusto Molina Focazzio, CISA, CISM, CRISC, ITIL, Independent Consultant, Colombia
Christian Nissen, CISM, CGEIT, FSM, ITIL Expert, CFN People, Denmark
Tony Noblett, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, USA
Ernest Pages, CISA, CGEIT, MCSE, ITIL, Sciens Consulting LLC, USA
Jamie Pasfield, ITIL V3, MSP, PRINCE2, Pfizer, UK
Tom Patterson, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, CPA, IBM, USA
Robert Payne, CGEIT, MBL, MCSSA, PrM, Lode Star Strategy Consulting, South Africa
Andy Piper, CISA, CISM, CRISC, PRINCE2, ITIL, Barclays Bank Plc, UK
Andre Pitkowski, CGEIT, CRISC, OCTAVE, ISO27000LA, ISO31000LA, APIT Consultoria de Informatica Ltd., Brazil
Geert Poels, Ghent University, Belgium
Dirk Reimers, Hewlett-Packard, Germany
Steve Reznik, CISA, ADP, Inc., USA
Robert Riley, CISSP, University of Notre Dame, USA
Martin Rosenberg, Ph.D., Cloud Governance Ltd., UK
Claus Rosenquist, CISA, CISSP, Nets Holding, Denmark
Jeffrey Roth, CISA, CGEIT, CISSP, L-3 Communications, USA
Cheryl Santor, CISSP, CNA, CNE, Metropolitan Water District, USA
Eddy J. Schuermans, CGEIT, ESRAS bvba, Belgium
Michael Semrau, RWE Germany, Germany
Max Shanahan, CISA, CGEIT, FCPA, Max Shanahan & Associates, Australia
Alan Simmonds, TOGAF9, TCSA, PreterLex, UK
Dejan Slokar, CISA, CGEIT, CISSP, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Canada
Jennifer Smith, CISA, CIA, Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, USA
Marcel Sorouni, CISA, CISM, CISSP, ITIL, CCNA, MCDBA, MCSE, Bupa Australia, Australia
Roger Southgate, CISA, CISM, UK
Mark Stacey, CISA, FCA, BG Group Plc, UK
Karen Stafford Gustin, MLIS, London Life Insurance Company, Canada
Delton Sylvester, Silver Star IT Governance Consulting, South Africa
Katalin Szenes, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, University Obuda, Hungary
Halina Tabacek, CGEIT, Oracle Americas, USA
Nancy Thompson, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, IBM, USA
Kazuhiro Uehara, CISA, CGEIT, CIA, Hitachi Consulting Co., Ltd., Japan
Johan van Grieken, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, Deloitte, Belgium
Flip van Schalkwyk, Centre for e-Innovation, Western Cape Government, South Africa
Jinu Varghese, CISA, CISSP, ITIL, OCA, Ernst & Young, Canada
Andre Viviers, MCSE, IT Project+, Media 24, South Africa
Greet Volders, CGEIT, Voquals N.V., Belgium
David Williams, CISA, Westpac, New Zealand
Tim M. Wright, CISA, CRISC, CBCI, GSEC, QSA, Kingston Smith Consulting LLP, UK
Amanda Xu, PMP, Southern California Edison, USA
Tichaona Zororo, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, Standard Bank, South Africa
ISACA Board of Directors
Kenneth L. Vander Wal, CISA, CPA, Ernst & Young LLP (retired), USA, International President
Christos K. Dimitriadis, Ph.D., CISA, CISM, CRISC, INTRALOT S.A., Greece, Vice President
Gregory T. Grocholski, CISA, The Dow Chemical Co., USA, Vice President
Tony Hayes, CGEIT, AFCHSE, CHE, FACS, FCPA, FIIA, Queensland Government, Australia, Vice President
Niraj Kapasi, CISA, Kapasi Bangad Tech Consulting Pvt. Ltd., India, Vice President
Jeff Spivey, CRISC, CPP, PSP, Security Risk Management, Inc., USA, Vice President
Jo Stewart-Rattray, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CSEPS, RSM Bird Cameron, Australia, Vice President
Emil D’Angelo, CISA, CISM, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (retired), USA, Past International President
Lynn C. Lawton, CISA, CRISC, FBCS CITP, FCA, FIIA, KPMG Ltd., Russian Federation, Past International President
Allan Neville Boardman, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CA (SA), CISSP, Morgan Stanley, UK, Director
Marc Vael, Ph.D., CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, Valuendo, Belgium, Director
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Knowledge Board
Marc Vael, Ph.D., CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, Valuendo, Belgium, Chairman
Michael A. Berardi Jr., CISA, CGEIT, Bank of America, USA
John Ho Chi, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CBCP, CFE, Ernst & Young LLP, Singapore
Phillip J. Lageschulte, CGEIT, CPA, KPMG LLP, USA
Jon Singleton, CISA, FCA, Auditor General of Manitoba (retired), Canada
Patrick Stachtchenko, CISA, CGEIT, Stachtchenko & Associates SAS, France
Framework Committee (2009-2012)
Patrick Stachtchenko, CISA, CGEIT, Stachtchenko & Associates SAS, France, Chairman
Georges Ataya, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CISSP, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management,
Belgium, Past Vice President
Steven A. Babb, CGEIT, CRISC, Betfair, UK
Sushil Chatterji, CGEIT, Edutech Enterprises, Singapore
Sergio Fleginsky, CISA, Akzo Nobel, Uruguay
John W. Lainhart, IV, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, IBM Global Business Services, USA
Mario C. Micallef, CGEIT, CPAA, FIA, Malta
Anthony P. Noble, CISA, CCP, Viacom, USA
Derek J. Oliver, Ph.D., CISA, CISM, CRISC, CITP, DBA, FBCS, FISM, Ravenswood Consultants Ltd., UK
Robert G. Parker, CISA, CA, CMC, FCA, Deloitte & Touche LLP (retired), Canada
Rolf M. von Roessing, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, FBCI, Forfa, AG, Germany
Jo Stewart-Rattray, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, CSEPS, RSM Bird Cameron, Australia
Robert E. Stroud, CGEIT, CA Inc., USA
ISACA and IT Governance Institute® (ITGI®) Affiliates and Sponsors
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance Inc.
FIDA Inform
Information Security Forum
Institute of Management Accountants Inc.
ISACA chapters
ITGI France
ITGI Japan
Norwich University
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Strategic Technology Management Institute (STMI) of the National University of Singapore
University of Antwerp Management School
Enterprise GRC Solutions Inc.
Hewlett-Packard
IBM
Symantec Corp.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 2. The Goals Cascade and Metrics for Enterprise Goals and IT-related Goals ................................................ 13
COBIT 5 Goals Cascade ............................................................................................................................................................ 13
Step 1. Stakeholder Drivers Influence Stakeholder Needs .............................................................................................13
Step 2. Stakeholder Needs Cascade to Enterprise Goals ...............................................................................................13
Step 3. Enterprise Goals Cascade to IT-related Goals ...................................................................................................15
Step 4. IT-related Goals Cascade to Enabler Goals........................................................................................................15
Using the COBIT 5 Goals Cascade ........................................................................................................................................... 15
Benefits of the COBIT 5 Goals Cascade ........................................................................................................................15
Using the COBIT 5 Goals Cascade Carefully ...............................................................................................................16
Using the COBIT 5 Goals Cascade in Practice .............................................................................................................16
Metrics .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Enterprise Goal Metrics .................................................................................................................................................16
IT-related Goal Metrics ..................................................................................................................................................17
Chapter 3. The COBIT 5 Process Model .................................................................................................................................. 19
Enabler Performance Management .......................................................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 4. The COBIT 5 Process Reference Model ............................................................................................................... 23
Governance and Management Processes .................................................................................................................................. 23
Model ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
Chapter 5. COBIT 5 Process Reference Guide Contents ...................................................................................................... 25
Inputs and Outputs ...................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Generic Guidance for Processes ................................................................................................................................................ 27
Evaluate, Direct and Monitor (EDM) ................................................................................................................................29
Align, Plan and Organise (APO) ........................................................................................................................................49
Build, Acquire and Implement (BAI) ...............................................................................................................................117
Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) .................................................................................................................................171
Monitor, Evaluate and Assess (MEA) ..............................................................................................................................201
Appendix A. Mapping Between COBIT 5 and Legacy ISACA Frameworks ................................................................... 217
Appendix B. Detailed Mapping Enterprise Goals—IT-related Goals ............................................................................... 225
Appendix C. Detailed Mapping IT-related Goals—IT-related Processes ......................................................................... 227
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