A HISTORICAL TIMELINE

The COBIT® Framework

2005
2012
COBIT 4.0 becomes

1996
the fourth edition in the
COBIT series of releases.

ISACA released the

first edition of COBIT
2000 COBIT 5 integrated the COBIT 4.1, Val IT
2.0 and Risk IT frameworks, and drew from
ISACA’s IT Assurance Framework (ITAF)
2018
A third edition of ISACA publishes

1998
framework. and the Business Model for Information COBIT 2019, an update
COBIT, with new
Management Guidelines,
2003 Security (BMIS). COBIT 5 also coordinated
with frameworks and standards such as
that adds design factors

2007
The debut of the was published. and focus areas to
ITIL, ISO, PMBOK, PRINCE2 and TOGAF. make it more practical
second edition of ISACA created an
COBIT added Control online version of the and customizable.
COBIT upgraded to
to its framework. third edition of COBIT.
version 4.1.

1995 2000 2005 2010 2015

2007
1997 2002 2006 Apple iPhone signaled 2014 2016
U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley law move to touchscreen Internet of Things (IoT) ISACA acquired
Original wireless LAN standard revolutionized corporate Twitter founded devices; Apple App CMMI Institute and
technology standard
(IEEE 802.11) released, DVD recordkeeping and and Google Store went online one its business maturity
ushered new wave of
technology appeared, and retention standards, acquired YouTube. year later. and capability models,
smart devices.
Google.com registered as leading to new IT regulatory adding these resources

2003
domain—incorporating a year requirements. to the ISACA/COBIT
later and launching in 1999. framework portfolio.
1995 2001 Third WiFi standard
created proliferation of
2012
Windows 95, Java, and Internet Archive “Wayback Worldwide
“hotspots” as Skype,
HTML 2.0 (first formal html Machine” (archive.org) e-commerce tops
LinkedIn and WordPress
standard) debuted, as did launched, Wikipedia started $1 trillion in sales.
started up. U.S. CAN-SPAM
Amazon.com, craigslist.com, publishing, and Apple
Act became law.
match.com and ebay.com released iPod.

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