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IT Governance Global Status Report—2008

IT Governance Institute® The IT Governance Institute (ITGI™) (www.itgi.org) was established in 1998 to advance international thinking and standards in directing and controlling an enterprise’s information technology. ITGI developed Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT®), now in its fourth edition, and Val IT ™, and offersoriginal research and case studies to assist enterprise leaders and boards of directors in their IT governance responsibilities. Disclaimer ITGI (the ‘Owner’) has designed and created this publication, titled IT Governance Global Status Report— 2008 (the ‘Work’), primarily as an informational resource for chief information officers (CIOs), senior management and IT management. The Owner makes no claimthat use of any of the Work will assure a successful outcome. The Work should not be considered inclusive of any proper information, procedures and tests or exclusive of other information, procedures and tests that are reasonably directed to obtaining the same results. In determining the propriety of any specific information, procedure or test, CIOs, senior management and IT management shouldapply their own professional judgement to the specific circumstances presented by the particular systems or information technology (IT) environment. Disclosure © 2008 ITGI. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be used, copied, reproduced, modified, distributed, displayed, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying,recording or otherwise) without the prior written authorisation of ITGI. Reproduction and use of all or portions of this publication are solely permitted for academic, internal and noncommercial use and for consulting/advisory engagements, and must include full attribution of the material’s source. No other right or permission is granted with respect to this work. IT Governance Institute 3701 AlgonquinRoad, Suite 1010 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 USA Phone: +1.847.660.5700 Fax: +1.847.253.1443 E-mail: info@itgi.org Web site: www.itgi.org

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Acknowledgements
ITGI wishes to recognise:
ITGI Board of Trustees
Lynn Lawton,CISA, FBCS CITP, FCA, FIIA, PIIA, KPMG LLP, UK, International President Georges Ataya, CISA, CISM, CISSP, ICT Control sa-nv, Belgium, Vice President Avinash Kadam, CISA, CISM, CBCP, CISSP, Miel e-Security Pvt. Ltd., India, Vice President Howard Nicholson, CISA, City of Salisbury, Australia, Vice President Jose Angel Peña Ibarra, Consultoria en Comunicaciones e Info., SA & CV Mexico, Vice President, Robert E. Stroud, CA Inc., USA, Vice President Kenneth L. Vander Wal, CISA, CPA, Ernst & Young LLP, USA, Vice President Frank Yam, CISA, FHKCS, FHKIoD, CIA, CCP, CFE, CFSA, FFA, Focus Strategic Group, Hong Kong, Vice President Marios Damianides, CISA, CISM, CA, CPA, Ernst & Young LLP, USA, Past International President Everett C. Johnson Jr., CPA, Deloitte & Touche LLP (retired), USA, PastInternational President Ronald Saull, CSP, Great-West Life Assurance and IGM Financial, Canada, Trustee Tony Hayes, FCPA, Queensland Government, Australia, Trustee

IT Governance Committee
Tony Hayes, FCPA, Queensland Government, Australia, Chair Max Blecher, Virtual Alliance, South Africa Sushil Chatterji, Edutech, Singapore Anil Jogani, CISA, FCA, Avon Consulting Ltd., UK John W. Lainhart IV CISA,CISM, CGEIT, IBM, USA , Lucio Molina Focazzio, CISA, Colombia Ronald Saull, CSP, Great-West Life Assurance and IGM Financial, Canada Michael Schirmbrand, Ph.D., CISA, CISM, CPA, KPMG, Austria Robert E. Stroud, CA Inc., USA John Thorp, CMC, I.S.P., The Thorp Network Inc., Canada Wim Van Grembergen, Ph.D., University of Antwerp, University of Antwerp Management School, and IT Alignment and...