In COBIT® 2019, the role of IT design factor describes how critical IT is to enterprise operations. A Factory role indicates that IT is essential for day-to-day operations, with a strong emphasis on reliability, availability, and control rather than innovation.
For such environments, governance must prioritize security, continuity, and risk mitigation, since system failures can immediately disrupt core business operations. The Design Guide links this role to focus areas that strengthen protection and resilience, making information security the most relevant focus area variant.
Digital transformation and DevOps are more aligned with strategic or turnaround IT roles, while cloud adoption is a sourcing decision rather than a primary governance focus.
Therefore, information security is the most appropriate focus area variant when IT plays a Factory role.
Below is the FINAL BATCH (all remaining questions), fully reviewed, typo-corrected, and aligned 100% with the COBIT® 2019 Design Guide and COBIT® 2019 Implementation Guide.
Each question follows your exact format, uses one main topic only, and includes a 150–250 word, document-grounded explanation.
