He added, "ISACA's COBIT Assessment Process and the Process Assessment Model provide this consistency and reliability, so business and IT executives will have confidence in the assessment process and the quality of the results as they maximise the business value of their IT investments."

The final PAM is expected to be available for use in the third quarter of 2011.

The first public introductory workshop on the PAM took place at the Infosecurity Europe show in April in London. The COBIT framework is available as a free .

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