Japanese Version

Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (1 February 2011)—ISACA’s new Japanese translation of COBIT and Application Controls: A Management Guide makes the guidance more accessible worldwide. Because of the importance of reliable information, this publication is designed to reinforce that application controls represent business functionality and are not the sole domain of the audit community.

COBIT and Application Controls: A Management Guide is available in Japanese as a complimentary PDF download for ISACA members at www.isaca.org/japanese.

The publication is structured based on the life cycle of application systems—from defining requirements through implementation, operation and maintenance and, finally, providing assurance on application controls. The life cycle activities support management needs to ensure that the controls within the application systems are sufficient to ensure the reliability of the resulting information.

COBIT and Application Controls complements COBIT 4.1, dealing more specifically with application controls AC1 through AC6 as defined in COBIT 4.1. Providing this increased detail around application controls will help to improve overall understanding of how application controls help enterprises maintain information integrity.

“This is a useful document for raising management awareness of roles and responsibilities related to application controls,” said Gary Hardy, CGEIT, founding member of the COBIT Steering Committee. “It provides guidance for those who design, implement, operate, manage and assess application controls. By offering it in Japanese, we are reaching out to another very important audience of professionals. ”

Business and IT management and business process owners will find COBIT and Application Controls helpful as it uses business language and tries to minimize “audit-speak.” Developers, users, auditors and compliance practitioners will also use this publication, which is relevant for all industries around the world.

About ISACA

With 95,000 constituents in 160 countries, ISACA (www.isaca.org) is a leading global provider of knowledge, certifications, community, advocacy and education on information systems (IS) assurance and security, enterprise governance and management of IT, and IT-related risk and compliance. Founded in 1969, the nonprofit, independent ISACA hosts international conferences, publishes the ISACA Journal, and develops international IS auditing and control standards, which help its constituents ensure trust in, and value from, information systems. It also advances and attests IT skills and knowledge through the globally respected Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) designations.

ISACA continually updates COBIT, which helps IT professionals and enterprise leaders fulfill their IT governance and management responsibilities, particularly in the areas of assurance, security, risk and control, and deliver value to the business.

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