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CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide

You're reading from   CISA – Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide Aligned with the CISA Review Manual 2019 to help you audit, monitor, and assess information systems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838989583
Length 590 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Information System Auditing Process
2. Audit Planning FREE CHAPTER 3. Audit Execution 4. Section 2: Governance and Management of IT
5. IT Governance 6. IT Management 7. Section 3: Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Implementation
8. Information Systems Acquisition and Development 9. Information Systems Implementation 10. Section 4: Information System Operations and Business Resilience
11. Information System Operations 12. Business Resilience 13. Section 5: Protection of Information Assets
14. Information Asset Security and Control 15. Network Security and Control 16. Public Key Cryptography and Other Emerging Technologies 17. Security Event Management 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding common technology components

The following are some of the important technologies that a CISA aspirant should understand:

  • The types of server
  • Universal Serial Bus (USB)
  • Radio frequency identification (RFID)

Let's understand each of these in detail.

The types of server

From the perspective of the CISA exam, it is important that you understand the basic workings of the following servers:

  • Print server: For multiple users, a network printer is configured. Printing materials are captured in the print server and sent to the printer in a queue.
  • File server: Document repositories can be centralized with the help of a file server. It should be controlled with access restrictions. The file server makes group collaboration and document management easy.
  • Application or program server: An application server hosts software programs. It also includes application business logic and communication with the application's database.
  • Web server: A web server provides information and...
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