2-day Practical Workshop on COBIT 5

Fri/Sat, 17-18 Feb. 2017 (9.30 am to 5.30 pm)

Hotel Vijay Residency, Gandhinagar, Bangalore

by
CA Abdul Rafeq, FCA, CISA, CIA, CGEIT
Past Member, COBIT 5 Task Force
OVERVIEW OF
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND,
WHAT YOU CAN LEARN &
HOW YOU CAN APPLY

Profile of Workshop Leader CA A.Rafeq

Education & Certifications:

Career highlights:

Passed CA in 1985
Obtained CISA Certification in
1995
Various other certifications such
as:
CQA,
CIA,
CCSA,
CGEIT,
CFE,
DISA (ICAI),
ISO lead auditor, etc.

Experience of over 30 years in varied roles such as CFO, CIO, IT

implementer, IT consultant, IT Auditor and COBIT Trainer.
COBIT user and implementer for over 20 years and is a well-known
COBIT evangelist.
Past member of COBIT 5 Task force with insights on COBIT 5
contents and design.
Presentations on IT Governance, IT Assurance and COBIT
Implementation at Intl. Conferences of ISACA across the world.
Globally recognised trainer on COBIT
Conducted > 220 days of training on COBIT for ISACA and its
Chapters and for public, private and government companies.
Served on various committees and Task force of ISACA including
CISA, CGEIT, etc.
Founder secretary and president of ISACA, Bangalore chapter.
Managing Director of Wincer Infotech Limited, a data analytics and
BI solution provider.
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COBIT 5 can help deliver business benefits

COBIT has been continuously evolving over last 20 years

From one to Multiple publications covering diverse areas and user perspectives.

COBIT is still relevant when enterprises of the digital age have to deploy new digital platforms and
technologies.

Whether it is Information security or cyber security for enterprises: large, medium or small

Why should you attend the workshop

Understand the
perspective of
COBIT publications

Learn how to
navigate, select and
customize COBIT
contents as required

Supplement your
domain knowledge
with COBIT skills

What can you learn and apply?

The Value of COBIT is in its effective implementation..
Practical perspective of KNOW-WHY, then KNOW-WHAT & finally dive down deep to learn and
apply KNOW-HOW to use specific COBIT components as required to DELIVER VALUE.

Macro perspective and insights of COBIT Principles, enablers, dimensions, goals &
metrics

Developing standard templates for using Governance & Management practices, RACI
Charts, Input-output Matrix and activities

Automating selection and customisation of COBIT knowledge repository for specific usage

Focus of this Workshop is on:

Concepts to
Practice

Practical
Usage

Select &
Customise

Actionable

Insights

Tools not just

Text

Application
not just
certification

Micro not
just macro

Skills not just

knowledge

Techniques
not just
content

Templates
not just
Principles

Specifics not
just
philosophy

Action not
just decisions

Focus of this Workshop is on:

Not just
helicopter view
but dive deep
down to pick
what you want

Not just
structure but
architecture

Not just
binocular view
but
microscopic
view

Insights not
just
information

Learning by
doing not just
by listening

COBIT Sutras of Success

Understand
vocabulary

Understand
processes,
key flows
and systems

Simple
standard
structure

Underlying
Logic and
flow

Chunk it
down to
components

Get
perspectives
right to get
insights right

Holistic System to demonstrate value

Systematic approach

Best practices
Tools to understand, utilize,
implement and direct IT
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Who Should Attend?

Useful to both novice and experienced
professionals

Highly useful for

Management,
IT Governance,

Assurance,
Risk, Consulting and

Compliance professionals
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Workshop Coverage

Learn concepts and

practice by applying
Macro perspective
and insights of COBIT
Principles, enablers,
dimensions, goals &
metrics

Developing standard
templates for using
Governance and
Management
practices, RACI
Charts, Input-output
Matrix and activities

Practical
approach/steps for
adapting COBIT
approach for
Governance,
IT Management,
ERM, Assurance &
Compliance

Automating

Selection &
Customisation of
COBIT
knowledge repository

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Workshop Coverage: Case Studies & Scenarios

Benchmarking Security Policies and Procedures

Evaluating risks of eCommerce portal

Reviewing Security for digital payments
Identifying best practices for Outsourced cloud services
Building resilience practices for digital enterprises
Enhancing framework of e-Governance service

Assurance of Application software and evaluating IFC controls

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Workshop delivery
Participants have to bring their laptop to work with COBIT contents provided in MS Excel templates.

Custom designed to dynamically help participants discover insights from COBIT for
practical issues and challenges.

De-mystify, demonstrate and help you learn how to navigate and select relevant COBIT content from
practical perspective of Governance, Assurance, Risk and Compliance.

Highly inter-active with inter-action, exercises and group case studies which will be
discussed by participants and moderated by workshop leader

Interactive group discussions followed by presentations to clarify/confirm learning.

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Key message!
Why?

Who?

How?

When?

Upgrade Skills! Now!

Age old Methodologies cannot be applied to New Age Technologies

New Digital platforms & Business Models require newer perspectives

COBIT 5 provides Practical Actionable Insights to add Value

Use COBIT skill-sets to move up to new orbit in your careers

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To Register: (limited seats on FCFS basis)

Contact:
Mr. Subramanyam, Chapter Manager
Phone: 080 23377956 /65640042
Emailid: chapter@isacabangalore.org
Website: www.isacabangalore.org
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