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COBIT 5 for Risk—A Powerful Tool for Risk Management

By Hafiz Sheikh Adnan Ahmed, CGEIT, COBIT 5 Assessor, ISO 20000 LA, ISO 27001 LA, ISO 27032 Lead Cybersecurity Manager ISO 38500 Lead IT Corporate Governance Manager, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

COBIT Focus | 10 July 2017

Hafiz Sheikh Adnan Ahmed Today, as we continue to adapt to a highly volatile environment, businesses are becoming more proactive about risk management. Nowadays, risk management is on everyone’s corporate agenda, whether a private or public organization. Special attention to risk management is paid by governments, semigovernments, stock exchanges, shareholders and regulators. After all, risk is everywhere, but, perhaps surprisingly, it is not all bad. Let us not forget that when it comes to risk, there are both threats (risk with negative consequences) and opportunities (risk with positive effects). And it is for good reason that optimizing risk is a far more valuable objective than simply striving to eliminate risk altogether. Read More >>

Which Screws Have to Tighten?

By Roberto Soriano, CISA, CRISC, CISM, ISO 27001 LA, PMP

COBIT Focus | 26 June 2017 Spanish

Roberto Soriano When most organizations undertake an important process improvement effort (e.g., compliance, cyber security, governance), they typically refer to different standards and prepare a complex process to implement the improvement. Read More >>

COBIT 5 for Risk: Making Sense of IT Risk Management

By Syed Salman, CISA

COBIT Focus | 12 June 2017

A leading Big 4 professional services firm in the Middle East was selected by a large retail bank in the region to assist in enabling IT risk management practices to deliver value to the enterprise in a cost-effective manner. The bank was facing and continues to face a growing and ever-changing IT risk landscape. Read More >>

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