Cloud computing, the increase in mobile devices and BYOD, stricter data privacy requirements and cybersecurity threats are just a few of the technology issues posing major challenges for enterprises today. At the same time, information is emerging as the most important asset of the 21st century. To help address this, ISACA — a nonprofit global association of more than 95,000 IT governance professionals — has released COBIT® 5, the only business framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT. COBIT 5 is available as a complimentary download at www.isaca.org/cobit.

COBIT 5's globally accepted principles, practices, analytical tools and models help business and IT leaders meet needs related to information security, risk, IT assets, compliance and reporting in today's complex and changing environment. More than 16,000 professionals have already preregistered to download COBIT 5 — a major evolution of a framework in use around the world for more than 15 years.