ISC- S2

1 switches and gateways definition

2 edge enabled devices definition

3 firewalls- circuit level gateways, application level gateways, network address translation firewalls, stateful multilayer inspection firewalls, next gen firewalls

4 network infrastructure physical layout (topology)

5 bus topology

5 most common topology chart images

6 mesh topology

6 purpose of each layer and the different protocols that operate within them (7 layers)

7 ring topology

7 star topology

8 network infrastructure architecture

9- the 3 primary cloud computing models, plus an on-premises solution

10 IaaS (infrastructure as a service), Paas (platform as a service)

11 common service offered in conjunction with SaaS models- business processes as a service (BPaaS)

12 cloud computing deployment models-hybrid and community

13 COSO enterprise risk management-integrating with strategy and performance

14 COSO enterprise risk manamgement for cloud computing

15 COSO chart

16 cloud risks and chart

17 AIS subsystems- three main subsystems

18 offshore operations

19 robotic process automation (RPA)

20 natural language processing (NLP) software

21 ai and machine learning

22 identifying deficiencies in suitability or design

23 deviations in operations of controls

24 identifying deviations in operating effectiveness of controls

25 COSO internal control framework for IT systems

26 blockchain overview

27 applying COSO to blockchain

28 additional chart of how COSO's 5 control components and 17 principles help evaluate risks related to blockchain

28 how COSO's 5 control components and 17 principles help evaluate risks related to blockchain

29 three main options for how to maintain IT operations through the use of alternative processing facilities

30 business impact analysis

31 crisis management plans

32 system availability risks, mirroring, replication

33 metrics for system availability and other key metrics for measuring system availability include the following

34 uninterrupted power supply

35 system backup- full, incemental, differential

36 incremental, differential, and full backup chart

37 types of environments- staging

38 reversion access

39 event logs, firewall logs, network logs, proxy logs

40 the waterfall model, the agile method

41 the agile process chart

42 different conversion methods-direct, parallel, pilot, phased, hybrid

43 different conversion methods chart

44 unit testing

45 integration testing

46 system testing

47 acceptance testing

48 data life cycle chart

49 extract, transform, and load (ETL)

50 storage processing and repositories

51 benefits associated with relational databases-completeness, no redundancy, business rules enforcement, communication and integration of business processes

52 composite primary key

53 normalization- first normal form (1NF), second normal form (2NF), third normal form (3NF)

54 how to qualify for 3NF (third normal form)

55 data models

56 conceptual model

57 logical model

58 physical model

59 data types and descriptions

60 how conceptual, logical, and physical models differ chart

61 database schemas-fact table, dimension table

62 star schema

63 snowflake schema

64 SQL commands

65 introduction to WHERE

66 expanding the usage of SELECT-aggregates

67 introduction to GROUP BY

68 introduction to HAVING

69 JOINs and ON chart

70 JOINs and ON chart explained

71 summary of SQL commands

72 BPMN activity models

73 flow activities- pools

75 flow activities- swim lanes

76 events- start, end, and intermediate events

77 connecting objects- sequence flows chart

78 connecting objects- message flows chart

79 gateways

80 process

81 data flow

82 data store or warehouse

83 external entity or terminator

84 example of simple data flow chart