The COBIT Framework

The COBIT framework was released in 1996 and updated in 1998 and 2000 by the
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) in response to the need for a
reference framework for security and control in information technology. It is the international
standard for the management and control of information technology. Leading the way for
COBIT automation, Methodware has been committed to automating the COBIT framework
since its first release in 1996.
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Our commitment to the automation of ISACA's COBIT
framework continues with the release of COBIT Advisor
3
RD
EDITION
(Audit). COBIT Advisor
3
RD
EDITION
(Audit) makes
applying the framework even easier than before. Used
by IS Auditors around the globe, COBIT Advisor
3
RD
EDITION
(Audit) improves your IT Management and Control and
is your complete IS auditing tool.
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COBIT is a registered
trademark of the
Information
Systems Audit and
Control Association,
Inc. (ISACA), and
the IT Governance
Institute.
For more
information on the
COBIT framework
refer
www.isaca.org
Comprising a database of 34 IT processes, grouped into four domains; planning &
organisation, acquisition & implementation, delivery & support, and monitoring, COBIT
Advisor
3
RD
EDITION
(Audit) incorporates 16 new control objectives, and enables you to:
Follow best practice guidelines for effective IT
management within your organisation.
Spend more time auditing and less time
recording.
Prepare IS audit reports, and consolidate and
analyse results across your organisation.
Provide better feedback to your audit customers,
with improved report turnaround and flexible graphing.
Apply the COBIT Audit Guidelines in a comprehensive and consistent process.
Designed by IS Auditors, for IS Auditors, COBIT Advisor
3
RD
EDITION
(Audit) provides you with consistent application of
the COBIT framework across your business. It can be applied
to organisations large or small, public or private. Its
sophisticated scoping enables you to easily tailor your review
to incorporate only those parts of the COBIT framework that
are relevant to your current review.
After only a one month test of COBIT Advisor from
Methodware in our IS audit department, we
upgraded to six licences (one per auditor). A good
indication of just how useful we find the product
for our audit methodology and in using ISACA's
COBIT framework.
Monique Garsoux
Dexia Bank, Belgium
Benefits and Features
Sophisticated scoping ensures your audits are targeted to relevant processes, information
criteria and IT resources.
With full interface to Microsoft

Word and Excel for reporting and analysis, and the ability
to link to any document in your system, COBIT Advisor
3
RD
EDITION
(Audit) records all aspects
of your IS audit engagements. It provides better, faster reports for business units, and
allows easy review and analysis once auditing is completed.
Benefits and Features continued
Supporting Word Form reports, allowing input directly from users and management, COBIT
Advisor
3
RD
EDITION
(Audit) is an extremely useful tool for communicating complex technical
issues to non-technical, non-IT people.
COBIT Advisor
3
RD
EDITION
(Audit) supports multiple level
consolidation that enables you to compare audit results
both across your organisation and over time, ensuring
you have the maximum amount of audit information
available at the touch of a button.
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COBIT Advisor
3RD
EDITION
(Audit) runs
under
WIN95/WIN98/
WIN2000/NT4
COBIT Advisor
3RD
EDITION
(Audit) is
produced by
Methodware Ltd
1999 - 2001
All rights reserved
Methodware is not
affiliated with with
ISACA or the IT
Governance
Institute.
COBIT Advisor
3
RD
EDITION
(Audit):
Allows you to manage IS audit findings and
recommendations within a single database.
Generate IS audit reports and display visual
assessment through on-line graphing.
Allows you to analyse and understand audit results with powerful sort and filter functions.
Can be modified to meet your specific requirements.
Provides both ad-hoc and standard reporting and graphing facilities at all stages of the
audit process.
Is Windows

based, user friendly and easy to learn.

Has intranet/internet capability.
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We use the Ranking Advisor and COBIT Advisor
2nd Edition applications and find them
extremely useful in organising our projects,
working papers, reports etc. We never start a
project without using one of these products.
These products have helped us become more
efficient, which is beneficial to our clients.
Lynne Turner, Consultant
Internal Audit & Control Services, Canada
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3
RD
EDITION
(Audit) Package includes:
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