NIST and COBIT: Working in Harmony for More Reliable and Secure Technology

Author: Greg Witte, CISM, Security Engineer and Cybersecurity Instructor
Date Published: 24 June 2020

The events of 2020 have shown us, more than ever before, how profoundly circumstances can change, seemingly in a moment. Information and technology are constantly on the move, and we have seen technology revolutions on every front, from mobile devices to changing office environments – even in our spacecraft! The NIST Cybersecurity Framework and COBIT 2019 work in great harmony to help communicate and coordinate activities for ensuring the reliability and security of those technologies.

The evolution from COBIT 5 to COBIT 2019 brought some great updates. COBIT 2019 draws from lessons of ISACA’s