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COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies) is a freely available industry framework that describes a set of best practices for management, control and assurance of information technology, and organizes them around a logical framework based on 34 IT processes. This chapter describes the COBIT framework and explains how it can be leveraged as an instrument for Enterprise Governance of IT.
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ITGI, 2006a, IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley, 2nd Edition, from www.itgi.org
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van Grembergen, W., de Haes, S. (2009). COBIT as a Framework for Enterprise Governance of IT. In: Enterprise Governance of Information Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84882-2_5
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