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For three decades, COBIT has helped organizations around the world strengthen IT governance, manage risk, align technology with business objectives, and build digital trust. But how has this globally recognized framework evolved, and what does its future look like in an era of rapid technological change? Join Mark Thomas and a distinguished panel of experts from around the world as they celebrate 30 years of COBIT, reflecting on its evolution, global influence, and continued relevance in today's complex digital landscape. From its beginnings as a collection of control objectives to its development into a comprehensive framework for enterprise governance of information and technology, COBIT has provided organizations with a common language for managing technology, strengthening accountability, and driving business value. Through a global exchange of perspectives, this conversation explores how COBIT adapts to regional regulations and organizational needs while maintaining a consistent foundation for effective IT governance. Discover how the framework supports alignment with other standards, strengthens digital trust, and helps organizations navigate emerging technologies and evolving business challenges. 🌍 Explore key themes from the discussion: 🔹 30 Years of COBIT: Reflect on the framework's evolution and its lasting influence on IT governance worldwide. 🔹 A Global Perspective: Discover how organizations across different regions apply COBIT to address local regulations, business priorities, and governance challenges. 🔹 Building Digital Trust: Explore how effective governance frameworks support accountability, transparency, and confidence in technology. 🔹 Connecting Frameworks and Standards: Learn how COBIT provides a common foundation for aligning governance practices with other industry frameworks and requirements. 🔹 Looking Toward the Future: Explore COBIT's continued relevance as organizations navigate digital transformation, emerging technologies, and increasingly complex IT environments. Meet the Moderator & Panelists Moderator: Mark Thomas, CRISC, CGEIT, CDPSE, AAIR — COBIT Assessor, DTEF | ISACA Hall of Fame Panelists: • Leonard Ong, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, CDPSE, AAIA, AAISM, AAIR, CSXP — COBIT Assessor | ISACA Hall of Fame • Gabriela Reynaga Vargas, CISA, CRISC, CDPSE — COBIT Accredited Trainer • Sanjay Verma, CISM, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, COBIT, AAIA, AAISM, AAIR • Greet Volders, CGEIT — COBIT Assessor • Tichaona Zororo, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, CDPSE — COBIT Assessor | ISACA Hall of Fame Learn More & Stay Connected 🌐 Explore COBIT from ISACA: Discover how COBIT helps organizations strengthen enterprise governance of information and technology, optimize performance, and create business value. https://www.isaca.org/resources/cobit 💡 Explore More ISACA Insights: Access research, resources, and expert perspectives on governance, cybersecurity, risk, audit, digital trust, and emerging technologies. https://www.isaca.org/resources 🎙️ Explore More ISACA Podcast Episodes: Hear conversations with industry leaders and experts shaping the future of technology, governance, and digital trust. https://www.isaca.org/resources/news-and-trends/isaca-podcast-library ▶️ Subscribe to ISACA on YouTube: Stay connected with expert discussions, industry insights, professional development resources, and the latest conversations shaping the future of IT. https://www.youtube.com/@IsacaHq 💬 Join the Conversation: How has COBIT influenced your organization's approach to IT governance? Share your experiences and insights in the comments! 👍 Like, comment, share, and subscribe for more expert perspectives on IT governance, digital trust, cybersecurity, risk, and emerging technologies. #COBIT #COBIT30 #ITGovernance #DigitalTrust #EnterpriseGovernance #ISACA #DigitalTransformation

AI is reshaping enterprise risk by introducing new concerns like drift, hallucination, model security, and expanded data use, while also amplifying existing operational and compliance challenges. Organizations are feeling growing pressure to move faster with AI, even as critical gaps in visibility, collaboration, and enforcement make governance harder to scale. In this episode, ISACA’s Donnie Carpenter, Principal, Information Security and Professional Practices, Research Development, speaks with Michael Siegrist, Field CTO and Head of Americas Risk Solutions at OneTrust, about what an integrated approach to risk and compliance looks like in practice—from assessing AI across the IT ecosystem to prioritizing risk in ways that support business growth rather than stall innovation. Michael unpacks how organizations can govern AI responsibly, translate emerging risks into enforceable controls, and build greater visibility across their risk landscape. Listeners will come away with a clearer framework for managing emerging AI risks while enabling innovation with greater confidence. Related Resources & Stay Connected Learn More About OneTrust: Discover how OneTrust helps organizations manage risk, compliance, privacy, data, and AI governance while building greater trust across the enterprise. OneTrust Explore More ISACA Podcast Episodes: Dive deeper into cybersecurity, governance, risk, privacy, and emerging technology insights. ISACA Podcast Library Subscribe to ISACA on YouTube: Stay ahead with expert interviews, industry analysis, and cybersecurity leadership insights. ISACA YouTube Channel Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations shaping the future of IT, cybersecurity, governance, risk, and emerging technology.

As AI shifts from a theoretical advantage to an operational reality, the race is on to define the rules of engagement. Yet, for enterprise leaders, the real dilemma isn’t just waiting for regulations to land—it’s realizing that static, point-in-time compliance is officially dead. To secure and govern a dynamic, AI-driven ecosystem, organizations must evolve from rigid access controls to a model of adaptive identity. In this episode, ISACA’s Safia Kazi, Principal Research Analyst, Privacy, Research Development, speaks with Jeff Purrington, Identity Strategist at SailPoint, to cut through the compliance noise and explore how adaptive identity can act as a real-time control plane—allowing organizations to continuously assess risk, automate governance, and secure both human and non-human identities. Tune in to discover: The shift to adaptive governance: How to move from static, periodic compliance reviews to a continuous, real-time adaptive identity model that automatically aligns with evolving global regulations. Securing the non-human frontier: Proven strategies to apply adaptive controls to AI agents, machine identities, and automated service accounts, ensuring they remain compliant and visible. Audit-ready automation: Actionable steps to leverage identity security as a dynamic guardrail, allowing your organization to innovate rapidly with AI while staying continuously audit-ready. Related Resources & Stay Connected Learn More About SailPoint: Discover how SailPoint helps organizations manage and secure identities, strengthen governance, and navigate the evolving demands of AI-driven enterprises. SailPoint Explore More ISACA Podcast Episodes: Dive deeper into cybersecurity, governance, risk, privacy, and emerging technology insights. ISACA Podcast Library Subscribe to ISACA on YouTube: Stay ahead with expert interviews, industry analysis, and cybersecurity leadership insights. ISACA YouTube Channel Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations shaping the future of IT, cybersecurity, governance, risk, and emerging technology.

Containers run much of the software we depend on, and many are shipped with security problems that no one noticed. Traditional container scanning tools can miss important vulnerabilities, insecure configurations, embedded secrets, and risky Dockerfile patterns before they reach production. In this episode, ISACA’s Adedayo Ojo, Principal, Emerging Technologies and Professional Practices, Research Development, speaks with Advait Patel, Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Broadcom, Docker Captain, and Google Developer Expert in Google Cloud, about why traditional container scanning misses so much and what it takes to identify the issues that matter most. Advait shares lessons from running containers at scale on a large cloud platform and explains how he built DockSec, an open-source tool that uses AI to identify insecure Dockerfile patterns, embedded secrets, and misconfigurations that signature-based scanners tend to overlook. The conversation offers practical guidance that developers and security teams can apply immediately, along with an honest look at where AI can strengthen container security—and where it cannot. Related Resources & Stay Connected Explore DockSec on GitHub: Review the open-source DockSec project, explore its features, and learn how it uses AI to identify insecure Dockerfile patterns, embedded secrets, and container misconfigurations. https://github.com/OWASP/DockSec Learn More About DockSec from OWASP: Discover more about the DockSec project, its approach to container security, and how it helps developers identify risks that traditional signature-based scanners may miss. https://owasp.org/DockSec/ Connect with Advait Patel on LinkedIn: Follow Advait for insights on container security, cloud infrastructure, site reliability engineering, Docker, and AI-powered security. https://www.linkedin.com/in/advaitpatel93/ Explore Advait Patel’s GitHub: View Advait’s open-source projects, technical work, and contributions to cloud and container security. https://github.com/advaitpatel Explore More ISACA Podcast Episodes: Dive deeper into cybersecurity, governance, risk, privacy, and emerging technology insights. https://www.isaca.org/resources/news-and-trends/isaca-podcast-library Subscribe to ISACA on YouTube: Stay ahead with expert interviews, industry analysis, and cybersecurity leadership insights. https://www.youtube.com/@IsacaHq Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations shaping the future of IT, cybersecurity, governance, risk, and emerging technology.

As threats have evolved, so too has the approach to modern identity security. A privilege-centric approach must be adopted to address this evolution. Identity management for all accounts within an organization must mature to meet the demands of the cloud, nonhuman identities (NHIs), agentic AI, and modern attack vectors. Your strategy must now manage and mitigate not only traditional privileged access (root and administrator accounts), but also attacks targeting modern identities with paths to privileged access. These paths to privilege remain one of the most valuable targets for cybercriminals because many organizations continue to defend their environments with fragmented or siloed security strategies and solutions. Security gaps and risks exist across endpoints, cloud environments, SaaS applications, third-party access, and now agentic AI and NHIs, making today's threat landscape more complex than ever. In this episode, ISACA's Donnie Carpenter, Principal, Information Security and Professional Practices Research Development, speaks with Christopher Hills, Chief Security Strategist at BeyondTrust, about the evolution of identity security and why organizations must rethink how they protect privileged access in today's rapidly changing technology landscape. Related Resources & Stay Connected Learn more about BeyondTrust: Discover how BeyondTrust helps organizations protect identities, manage privileged access, and reduce cyber risk across cloud, endpoint, SaaS, and hybrid environments. BeyondTrust Additional Resources from BeyondTrust: Shadow AI Governance: How to Detect Shadow AI Governance Microsoft Vulnerability Report: Microsoft Vulnerability Report Explore More ISACA Podcast Episodes: Dive deeper into cybersecurity, governance, risk, and emerging technology insights. ISACA Podcast Library Subscribe to ISACA on YouTube: Stay ahead with expert interviews, industry analysis, and cybersecurity leadership insights. ISACA YouTube Channel Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations shaping the future of IT, cybersecurity, governance, and risk.