ISACA's next version of COBIT, the leading framework for the governance and management of enterprise I&T, launches on 19 November 2026. The new COBIT®7 Foundation certificate launches the same day and replaces COBIT®2019 Foundation.
If you're working towards a COBIT®2019 certificate, these are the dates that matter.
COBIT®7 and the new COBIT®7 Foundation certificate launch. EGIT will run the 3-day course in person and live online.
Last day to buy the COBIT®2019 Foundation and COBIT®2019 Design & Implementation exams.
Final day to sit a COBIT®2019 Foundation or Design & Implementation exam, with no extensions. If you already hold one of these certificates, you keep it.
A new COBIT®7 Design & Implementation certificate replaces the COBIT®2019 version. Date to be confirmed by ISACA.
COBIT®7 arrives in COBIT's 30th year. It keeps the globally recognised COBIT model and adds digital delivery, practical assessment tools and a stronger focus on AI, so organisations can measure how well their I&T governance works and plan what to improve.
COBIT moves to ISACA's new digital platform. Search across titles at once, use it on your phone, and see mappings to other standards in a pop-up. ISACA updates it regularly, so you always have the latest version.
A new assessment module with three levels: board-level for the board and audit committee, high-level for executives, and detailed for CIOs, IT audit and governance teams. Each comes with an Excel toolkit and how-to videos.
More AI examples, new AI-related risk scenarios and an ISACA white paper on governing AI systems, to help you manage AI risk and get real value from AI investment. New AI risk scenarios sit in the I&T risk profile design factor, and AI delivery enablers in the IT implementation methods factor.
Two new design factors, Organisational Health Context and Information Strategies, and a simpler three-step design workflow. New activities at every capability level, and organisational structures shown by role rather than task.
Last updated 4 November 2026, from ISACA's published information.
COBIT®7 builds on COBIT 2019. Five practical steps take your governance system from where it is today to COBIT®7.
Review your current governance system: what works and where the gaps are.
Revisit goals and risk profile. Add the new design factors and AI-related risks.
Map COBIT 2019 to COBIT®7. Prioritise by business value and risk.
Fold the changes into work already under way. No need to restart.
Reassess, track improvements and keep reviewing as COBIT evolves.
Start with your team.Training everyone in COBIT®7 first makes every step easier, because you all work from the same language.
Request a team training proposalFrom 19 November 2026 the COBIT®7 Foundation certificate replaces COBIT®2019 Foundation. Learn over 3 days with an accredited EGIT instructor, in person or live online.
Learn face to face with your instructor and fellow delegates at venues in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia, or at your own offices.
The same live, instructor-led course, delivered online so you can join from anywhere.
ISACA will confirm exam fees at launch.
Build a foundational understanding of how to align IT goals, investments, resources and risks with business strategy, and how to contribute to effective I&T governance, risk management and value delivery.
The course opens with an introduction and closes with a full review to prepare you for the exam.
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ISACA launches COBIT®7 on 19 November 2026. The new COBIT®7 Foundation certificate becomes available on the same day.
COBIT®7 is a digital-first framework on ISACA's new platform. It adds an assessment module with board-level, high-level and detailed assessments, two new design factors, more detailed activity statements for each practice, more focus on AI (including new AI risk scenarios), and refreshed examples.
The exam has 75 questions, and you have 2 hours to complete it. It is knowledge-based. ISACA will confirm exam fees at launch.
Yes, if you buy it by 30 June 2027. You then have until 31 December 2027 to sit the exam, and ISACA has said there will be no extensions. See our COBIT®2019 training.
Yes. ISACA has confirmed that if you have earned the COBIT®2019 Foundation or Design & Implementation certificate, you keep it.
No. ISACA isn't offering a bridge course. To earn the COBIT®7 Foundation certificate, you pass the COBIT®7 Foundation exam, and our 3-day course prepares you for it.
The last day to buy the COBIT®2019 Design & Implementation exam is 30 June 2027, and the last day to sit it is 31 December 2027. ISACA plans a new COBIT®7 Design & Implementation certificate in 2027.
Our COBIT®7 Foundation courses are confirmed:
Every course is hybrid, so you can attend in person or join live online. Register your interest to secure your place.
Yes. We run private in-house COBIT courses for groups of 5 or more delegates, online or on-site.
COBIT® and ISACA® are registered trademarks of ISACA. EGIT is an ISACA Premium Accredited Training Partner. Course dates and exam fees are subject to ISACA's official release.
