Conference SPEAKERS

Tichaona Zororo

Thought Leader | Digital, Cybersecurity, Governance, Strategy & Audit | EGIT Digital & Cybersecurity Advisory

Bio

Tichaona Zororo, CIA, CISA, CISM, CRMA, CDPSE, CRISC, CGEIT, COBIT Certified Assessor, is Director, Digital & Cybersecurity Advisory, with EGIT | Enterprise Governance of IT (Pty) Ltd – An Information & Technology [IT] Advisory firm based in South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe focusing on Cybersecurity Assessments & Advisory, Governance of Enterprise Information & Technology, IT Auditing, IT Enabled Investments [Projects] Advisory, and Social Media Auditing & Governance.

He has several years of in-depth experience in Mainstream IT, IT Auditing, Cybersecurity, Corporate Governance, Enterprise Governance of IT, Digital & Innovation Governance, Enterprise Risk Management and IT Risk across private and public sectors in Africa, Europe, the USA and Asia.

Tichaona is an advisor to a number of Boards of Directors, IT and Business Leaders on Cybersecurity, Digitalisation, Innovation, Governance of Enterprise IT, IT Strategy, COBIT, IT Risk and IT Auditing. He is a Non-Executive Director and an ARC member of a number of organisations. Tichaona is a member of the Board of Directors of the Vaal University of Technology, Chair of the Business Innovation Technology Committee and a Member of its Audit & Risk and Governance Committees.

A Globally renowned COBIT Subject Matter Expert, Trainer and Advisor, Tichaona is credited for being the first COBIT Certified Assessor in Southern Africa and the 40th world-wide, the first African and person from Africa to sit on the ISACA Board of Directors [2016 – 2020 ] to chair its Audit and Risk Committee [2017 – 2019] and instrumental in establishing the first ISACA Internal Audit function. Tichaona participated in the development and review of numerous COBIT publications and ISACA research papers on Big Data, Cloud Computing, BYOD, Digital Trust Ecosystem Framework and Outsourced IT Services to mention but a few. He has presented and participated in COBIT expert panels at several COBIT conferences world-wide and was voted the best speaker Africa and Asia CACS 2017.

Passionate about everything Corporate Governance, Digital, Governance of Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Strategy, Digital and Innovation Governance, Risk and IT Auditing, He is a 2017 recipient of the prestigious ISACA Harold Weiss Award for Outstanding Achievement for his exceptional dedication and achievement that far exceeds the norm in Digital and Innovation Governance. Tichaona is an ISACA Hall of Fame Inductee. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Global Content Advisory Council, a Director and Past Board Chair of ISACA South Africa Chapter [2012 – 2022].
www.egit.co.za
A natural strategist, Tichaona is married to Ruth. They are blessed with 5 Children.

Presentation Abstract

An Anatomy of COBIT – A COBIT Song & Dance

With a history spanning over 27 years, COBIT is undoubtedly the global leading business framework for the governance and management of enterprise Information and Technology[I&T]. First published in July 1996, the framework has constantly evolved not only to remain relevant but to keep in line with latest insights and continuously changing business models.

An overarching business framework for the governance and management of enterprise information & technology, COBIT is the only globally renowned structure that provides enterprises with principles, components, processes, metrics to develop a fit for purpose governance system for enterprise I&T leading to business I&T strategic alignment and enterprise value creation

In this session delegates will learn about:

  • A historical timeline of COBIT [ Including Huge Surprise Show]: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2018
  • COBT & Other Frameworks
  • Key elements of COBIT and how to apply them in day – to -day Governance and Management of AI, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Audit, Risk
  • How to Designing a Fit for Purpose Governance System for Enterprise I&T
  • Implementing EGIT using COBIT – Practical Approaches
  • Measuring Capability & Maturity of Enterprise Governance of I&T
  • The Future of COBIT
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