Certified: The ISACA CGEIT Audio Course

This episode teaches you how governance uses enterprise architecture to keep technology choices coherent, scalable, and aligned to business capabilities over time. You’ll define enterprise architecture in practical terms as the set of principles, standards, patterns, and target states that guide solution decisions and reduce fragmentation. We’ll discuss how governance enforces architecture through approval gates, exceptions with documented rationale, and accountability for technical debt, while still allowing innovation where appropriate. Scenarios include teams choosing tools that break integration, projects introducing duplicate platforms, and mergers creating conflicting standards that need a governance-driven rationalization plan. You’ll also learn how to evaluate architecture evidence in governance questions, such as whether target states exist, whether standards are current, and whether exceptions are tracked and reviewed. On the CGEIT exam, strong answers typically elevate architecture governance to prevent long-term complexity and cost, rather than reacting after inconsistency becomes a crisis. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.