An "exposure draft" of the upcoming COBIT 4.1 Process Assessment Model (PAM) is .

COBIT is a globally accepted set of tools that helps minimise IT-related risks and aims to maximise the benefits of technology investment. COBIT acts as an integrator of more detailed international IT standards and guidance.

The PAM provides a process capability assessment based on ISO/IEC 15504 and COBIT.

After conducting a global survey to determine market need, ISACA, the worldwide information security professionals organisation, found that 89 percent of the nearly 1,400 respondents expressed a need for a "rigorous and reliable IT process capability assessment".

"Since COBIT's release, many organisations have been using it to assess and improve their IT processes. However, until now there hasn't been a consistent and reliable assessment approach," said Roger Southgate, a member of the COBIT Assessment Process (CAP) development team.