Overview of International IT Guidance on IT Governance Frameworks

CIOs, CFOs, information security managers, auditors, and those involved in corporate and IT governance need a framework to compare international standards and guidance for managing the IT function. This document offers a global overview of the following important international standards and guidance for IT control and IT security in relationship to COBIT: COSO, ITIL®, ISO/IEC 17799:2005, FIPS Pub 200, ISO/IEC TR13335, ISO/IEC 15408, 2005, PRINCE2®, PMBOK®, TickIT, CMMI®, TOGAF 8.1, IT Baseline Protection Manual and NIST 800-14. It can serve as a road map to implementing guidance supporting IT governance. For each of the international standards/guidance examined, the document provides a classification, a short overview of the contents and the business driver for implementing the guidance, and the risks of noncompliance.