Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cobit

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Activity

Analyze the below case study and answer the questions

Case - Harley Davidson IT

Harley Davidson is the oldest producer of motorcycles and has achieved 20 consecutive years of record growth. Until 2003, Harley Davidson focused solely on manufacturing and selling high quality motorcycles.

Until 2003, Harley Davidson had limited IT controls in place and the employees had limited knowledge of control and risk.

There were limited: Standardized user access processes, change management processes or backup and recovery processes.

Harley Davidson created a new IT compliance department to manage control and risk in the company.

This department implemented the COBIT framework to focus on key value areas of the business.

Switched to a broad control framework rather than continually raising the bar.

COBIT - Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology

Harley Davidson chose COBIT because
An internationally accepted standard for IT governance and control
Provides a common language for management, end users and IT audit professionals
A means for benchmarking controls compliance
Low implementation cost
Cohesiveness with other standards
External auditor signed off on the framework

It was important for management and IT to understand the importance of effective, value-focused controls.

By focusing on IT business value and their control needs, COBIT provided a tool to spur internal change while maintaining their position as an industry leader.

Question 1: Read more about how COBIT has helped in improve IT governance of Harley Davidson. Write a short report for about 200 words discussing how COBIT improved the processes in Harley Davidson.

Question 2: Compare these 3 governance frameworks. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. (250 words)
COSO
COBIT
ITIL

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