Elective
Paper - IX : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Module
- A: Introduction to Information Technology
Impact of IT on Banking : Changing Financial
Environment and IT as a Strategic Response Hardware (H / W) - Software : (S /
W)
System Software :
Operating Systems (Desktop OS / Server OS)
Windows (Desktop / Server) / UNIX (H. P. Unix, Sun Solaris, Linux, iBmAIX)
Computer Languages - 1st Generation Languages
(Assembly), 2nd Generation (Fortran, Algol, Cobol), 3rd Generation (C, C++, C#
and JAVA etc.) and 4th Generation Languages (Clipper, Power Builder, SQL etc.)
and 5th Generation Languages (Logic Programming Languages)
Database Management System and Relational
Database Management Systems (Oracle10g, MS SQL-2005, MySQL)
Application Servers (Oracle 10AS, BeWeblogic,
WebSheare ) Web Servers (IIS, Apachi etc.) Web Browsers (IE 7.0, Firefox etc.)
Application Software : Packaged Software,
Custom built Software etc. Computer Networks, Equipment & Data Communication:
Computer Networks : Network Layers,
Topologies, Protocols, IP Address Mechanisms, LAN, WAN, VLAN, Intranet,
Extranet, Internet,
Network Equipments : Cables (BNC, Twisted
Pair, Fibre Optics), Connectors, I/Os, Patch Panel, Jack Panels, Network Racks.
Data Communication : CLL, Leased Lines, MPLS,
VPNS, ISDN, Satellite Links, Wi Fi, Wi Max., Network / Security Equipments:
Modems, Hubs, Switches, Bridges, Routers, Firewalls, NIDS, HIDS, IPS
Module
- B : Systems and Design
Systems Design & Analysis(Data modeling,
Entity Relationships, Generic Data Modeling, Semantic Data modeling Normalization
(from 1st to 3rd and BCNF, 4th & 5th level of normalization)
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) -
Various phases of SDLC, In-house / Outsourcing, Software Project Management,
Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) Tools.
System Architecture : Clients (Hardware /
Software), Servers (Hardware / Software). Client Server Architecture, 3 Tier
Architecture, N-Tier Architecture etc.
Data Warehousing - Data Mining tools
MIS and Organization Support Systems - DSS,
EIS, GDSS, Groupware and Multimedia Business Intelligence - Expert Systems,
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)
Grid Computing, Virtualization and
Consolidation.
Module
- C : Applications in Banking
Centralized Banking System / Core Banking
System / System Administration, Database Administration, Application Server and
Application Administration, Network Administration, Domains, ISPS, Hosting,
Data Downloads / Uploads, Band widths, Data Centre, Data Storage Devices, Data
Backups / Restoration, Disaster Recovery Centre Delivery Channels - ATM,
EFTPOS, Phone Banking, Internet Banking, SMS Banking, Mobile Banking, Credit /
Debit Cards, Smart Cards E-Mails, SMS alerts
E-Commerce - Secure Electronic Transfer (SET),
Payment Gateways (Credit card / Debit cards), Authentication of payments etc.
PKI - CCA, CA, RA, Digital Certificate,
Digital Signature, Non-repudiation of Origin, Nonrepudiation of Receipt.
Service - Level Agreement
Module
- D: Security, Controls and Guidelines
Threats to Information System : i) Physical
(Insiders / outsiders) ii) Viruses, Worms, Trojan horse, Malwares, Software
bombs, Phishing, Spoofing, Spamming, denial of service attacks etc.
Information System Security Measures, Policy,
controls, ISO, 17799, BS7799, IS4477, IS Audit, BCP / DRP, IT Act 2000, Basel
guidelines for E-banking, Various RBI Committee Reports on Information Systems.
IT Service Delivery & Support : Service
level management practices, Operations management
work load scheduling, network services
management, Preventive maintenance, Systems performance monitoring process
tools, techniques, Functionality of hardware, software, data base. Drafting of
RFP, system specifications, SLAs, Capacity planning & monitoring, Change management
processes / scheduled, emergency in configuration of production systems,
application of patches, releases etc., Incident & problem management
practices, System resiliency tools and techniques - fault tolerance,
elimination of single point of failure, clustering.
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