Ca final important topics, chapters - isca

CA Pallav Singhania (IT System Auditor) (33362 Points)

20 October 2013  

CA Final Important Topics, chapters - ISCA

Important question in Information Systems Control and Audit (ISCA):

Chapter 1:

  1. Limitations of MIS
  2. Decomposition
  3. Discuss the potential impact of computers and MIS on different levels of Management
  4. Examples of DSS in Accounting

 

Chapter 2:

  1. Date Dictionary
  2. Why do organisations fail to achieve their System Development Objectives
  3. Various types of feasibility studies
  4. Crypto Systems
  5. Public Key Infrastructure
  6. Advantages of Application packages

 

Chapter 3:

  1. Anti-Virus software and its types
  2. Data Privacy
  3. Role of IS Auditor with respect to quality control of systems
  4. Data Enscryption Standard
  5. Environmental Controls

 

Chapter 4:

  1. Short notes on Audit Testing
  2. Information to be included by the Auditors in the documentation of their preliminary understanding of the design of IS controls
  3. Advantages and Disadvantages of Continuous Audit Techniques

 

Chapter 5:

  1. Threats due to cyber crimes
  2. Common Risk Mitigation Techniques

 

Chapter 6:

  1. Audit tools and techniques used by a system auditor to ensure that disaster recovery plan is in order
  2. Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Phase
  3. Single Points of failure analysis
  4. Contents of a Disaster recovery and planning document

 

Chapter 7:

  1. Major Challenges involved in implementation of ERP System
  2. Kinds of risks that can be faced in a ERP system
  3. Business Engineering
  4. Treasury Cash Management
  5. Various evaluaiting criteria to assess suitability of an ERP package on implementation

 

Chapter 8:

  1. Asset classification and control under Information Security Management Systems
  2. Various categories of enablers under COBIT 5
  3. Software Process Maturity

 

Chapter 9:

  1. Purpose of Information System Audit Policy
  2. Various types of Information Security policies
  3. What is meant by Physical and Environment Security
  4. WEBTRUST

 

Chapter 10:

  1. Objective of Government in Spreading e-governance
  2. Appointment and duties of Certifying Authorities
  3. Duties of the subscriber of Digital Signature
  4. Powers of Cyber Appelate Tribunal

 

Courtesy: CARockers

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