Which COBIT principle stresses end-to-end governance across the enterprise?

• A. Meeting stakeholder needs
• B. End-to-end governance
• C. Enabling a holistic approach
• D. Separating governance from management

Answer: (B)

End-to-end governance across the enterprise is about making sure governance practices apply across the whole organization, not just in isolated parts. It emphasizes that governance and oversight should span all processes, units, and geographies, so decision-making, risk management, and assurance are integrated from strategy through execution. This holistic coverage ensures that IT and business activities align with stakeholder needs across the entire enterprise, avoiding gaps that can occur when governance is siloed.

Other choices point to related ideas but not to the cross-enterprise reach. Meeting stakeholder needs focuses on alignment with stakeholders. Enabling a holistic approach can be about viewing the organization as a whole, but it doesn’t specifically mandate end-to-end governance coverage. Applying a single integrated framework is about using one framework consistently, and separating governance from management is about distinct roles. The end-to-end coverage principle uniquely captures the need for governance to span the entire enterprise.