Students are suggested to focus more on the below topics, although, others topics forming part of the syllabus also needs to be prepared:
Governance Concepts:
Business Governance Dimension |
5 Marks |
IT Steering Committee |
5 Marks |
COBIT 5 Enablers |
6 Marks |
Management Practices for Evaluating Internal Control |
4 Marks |
IS Concepts:
MIS and its Limitations |
5 Marks |
Components of an EIS |
4 Marks |
Transaction Processing Systems |
5 Marks |
Protection of Information Systems
Preventive Vs Boundary Controls |
5 Marks |
Data Integrity Policies |
4 Marks |
Cyber Fraud Techniques |
5 Marks |
Asynchronous Attacks |
4 Marks |
Trojan Horse, Worms and Time Bomb |
4 Marks |
BCP and DRP
Objectives of BCP |
5 Marks |
Emergency Vs Recovery Plan |
4 Marks |
Hot Ste Vs Warn Site |
4 Marks |
DRP Document Features |
5 Marks |
Acquisition of IS
Spiral Vs Waterfall Model |
5 Marks |
SDLC |
5 Marks |
Characteristics of Good Coded Program |
4 Marks |
Black Box Vs White Box Testing |
5 Marks |
Activities involved in Successful conversion of IS |
4 Marks |
Auditing of IS
Types of IS Audits |
5 Marks |
Snapshots, Audit Hooks |
4 Marks |
Continuous Audit Techniques |
5 Marks |
IT Regulatory Issues
Use of E-Records in Govt Organisations |
5 Marks |
Section 69 of IT Act |
5 Marks |
Vision of National Cyber Security Policy 2013 |
4 Marks |
Service Strategy of ITIL |
4 Marks |
Emerging Technologies
Private Cloud |
5 Marks |
SaaS Vs PaaS |
5 Marks |
BYOD, Web 3.0, Hybrid Cloud |
4 Marks |
Green IT |
5 Marks |
Security Issues in Cloud Computing |
5 Marks |
Disclaimer: The above focused topics are based on the trend of past papers. User discretion is advised.