Cybersecurity & IT

COBIT 2019 Assessment

Assess how well IT is governed using the COBIT 2019 framework. Capability scoring across the governance and management objectives that matter for your context, with a practical roadmap to stronger IT governance.

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Overview

COBIT 2019 is the leading framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT. The COBIT framework connects IT activity to enterprise goals through a structured set of governance and management objectives and provides a way to assess whether IT is creating value, managing risk, and using resources appropriately. Using COBIT, organisations can align technology governance to business objectives in a way that auditors, boards, and regulators can evaluate. While COBIT originated from "Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies," COBIT 2019 is framed around governance and management objectives, design factors, components, and performance management rather than the control-objectives model of earlier versions.

We use COBIT 2019 design factors to tailor the assessment to your context, focusing on the governance and management objectives that are actually relevant to your size, sector, stakeholder needs, and risk profile. That means you get a capability and maturity assessment of the areas that matter, not a blanket scoring of all 40 objectives. Risk management, regulatory compliance, and business objectives shape which focus areas the assessment prioritises. Best practices from the COBIT framework inform the scoring benchmarks we apply.

The output is a capability and maturity scorecard, a gap analysis against your target governance state, and a prioritised IT governance improvement roadmap with a clear action plan. COBIT 2019 is a governance framework assessed against its objectives, not a certifiable standard for organisations. Continuous improvement is the goal, and the roadmap provides the governance processes and management practices to get there. The assessment results give leadership a governance model they can build on.

What’s included

Design-factors analysis tailored to your enterprise context and stakeholder needs
Assessment against the relevant COBIT 2019 governance and management objectives
Capability and maturity scoring, including maturity level gaps
Gap analysis against your target governance state
Prioritised IT governance improvement roadmap and action plan
Mapping to ISO 27001 and ITGC where applicable
Regulatory compliance alignment review

How we work

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Tailor
We use COBIT 2019 design factors to identify the governance and management objectives that matter most for your enterprise context, so the assessment is focused rather than exhaustive. Business objectives and stakeholder needs drive the scope.
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Assess
We evaluate the in-scope objectives with evidence gathered through interviews, document review, and observations. The assessment using COBIT 2019 criteria produces findings that are directly linked to governance processes and management practices.
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Score
We score capability and maturity for each objective and identify the gaps between your current state and your target governance profile. Maturity level scoring makes the gap visible in terms leadership and auditors can interpret.
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Roadmap
We deliver a prioritised governance improvement roadmap sequenced by impact and feasibility. The action plan that outlines the next steps is connected to the assessment results, not a generic COBIT template.

What you get

Design-factors analysis
COBIT 2019 capability and maturity scorecard
Gap analysis and IT governance improvement roadmap

Frequently asked questions

Who is a COBIT 2019 assessment for?

Organisations that need IT governance aligned to enterprise goals, and those facing audit, regulatory, or board expectations around IT management. It is also a strong complement to ISO/IEC 27001 and COSO-based control environments, where governance of IT processes supports the broader assurance framework. The COBIT framework is particularly relevant for organisations where stakeholder expectations around technology governance are explicit.

Is COBIT 2019 a certification?

COBIT 2019 is a governance framework, not a certifiable standard for organisations. There is no external certificate issued at the end of this assessment. The output is a capability and maturity scorecard with a governance improvement roadmap, which is recognised by boards, auditors, and regulators as evidence of a structured approach to IT governance. Individual COBIT certifications exist for practitioners, but these are separate from an organisational assessment.

How does COBIT 2019 relate to ISO 27001 and ITGC?

COBIT 2019 provides the governance layer, defining how IT decisions are made and controlled at an enterprise level. ISO/IEC 27001 governs information security specifically. ITGCs are the operational controls that implement what the governance layer requires. They are complementary, and we can show how findings from one map to the others. Organisations conducting a maturity assessment using COBIT often find that the governance model gaps identified directly explain ITGC weaknesses found in audit.