I am pleased to announce (just in case you missed it) that the COBIT 5 Public Exposure materials were published on Monday this week during INSIGHTS 2011, held in Washington DC. It was an honor to announce to the attendees at lunch yesterday following the address by Howard Schmidt, to which there was a lot of excitement and interest.

COBIT 5 is a major evolution of the globally recognized COBIT guidance, incorporating the most current thinking in enterprise governance and management techniques. Enterprises of all sizes around the world have implemented COBIT to reduce IT-related risks and increase confidence in the information provided by IT, enable clear policy development and good practice for IT management, and increase the value they attain from IT and manage compliance. The value of COBIT is due primarily to the collaborative development process that brings together the talents and expertise of industry leaders around the globally and it has been an honor to be involved.

The COBIT 5 initiative builds and expands on COBIT 4.1 connects with other major frameworks, standards and resources, including ITIL, ISO, ISF, OECD, AICPA and NIST, and additionally integrates ISACA guidance including Val IT, Risk IT, the IT Assurance Framework and the Business Model for Information Security (BMIS)-into one cohesive and comprehensive framework.

The COBIT 5 website pages have been updated to reflect the latest position and plans for final publication, including a new presentation with the new graphics and updated supporting audience messages and most importantly access to the materials so you can download and comment.

The exposure draft consists on 2 documents; The Framework and COBIT 5: Process Reference Guide and both are available for download at www.isaca.org/cobit5exposure

I will write more on the COBIT 5 exposure draft over the next few days and share some of my opinions. Remember you have until July 31 to comment!