INDIAN INSTITUTE OF BANKING & FINANCE

(AN ISO 9001 - 2008 CERTIFIED ORGANISATION)

Kohinoor City, Commercial-II, Tower-1, 2nd Floor, Kirol Road, Kurla West, Mumbai 400 070.
Web-site : www.iibf.org.in

Certificate Examination in Prevention of

Cyber Crimes and Fraud Management
Rules & Syllabus 2016

OBJECTIVE

The objective of the course is to make the bankers familiar with different types of
cyber crimes perpetrated across the globe and acquire necessary knowledge and
skill to prevent the occurrence of such crimes in organizations.

ELIGIBILITY

i) Employees of a Bank or Financial Institutions.

ii) Any graduate of a recognised university or its equivalent.

SUBJECT OF EXAMINATION

Cyber Crimes and Fraud Management

PASSING CRITERIA:

Minimum marks for pass in the subject is 50 out of 100.

EXAMINATION FEES* :

Members Non-Members
First attempt ` 1,000 ` 1,500
Subsequent each attempt ` 1,000 ` 1,500

* Plus Service Tax as applicable (Reg. No. AAATT3309DSD002)

MEDIUM OF EXAMINATION :

Examination will be conducted in English only.

PATTERN OF EXAMINATION:

(i) Question Paper will contain 120 objective type multiple choice questions for 100
marks.

(ii) The examination will be held in Online Mode only

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(iii) There will NOT be negative marking for wrong answers.

DURATION OF EXAMINATION:

The duration of the examination will be of 2 hours.

PERIODICITY AND EXAMINATION CENTRES:

a) Examination will be conducted on pre-announced dates published on IIBF Web

Site. Institute conducts examination on half yearly basis, however periodicity of
the examination may be changed depending upon the requirement of banking
industry.

b) List of Examination centers will be available on the website. (Institute will conduct
examination in those centers where there are 20 or more candidates.)

PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING FOR EXAMINATION

Application for examination should be registered online from the Institute’s website
www.iibf.org.in. The schedule of examination and dates for registration will be
published on IIBF website.

PROOF OF IDENTITY

Non-members applying for Institute’s examinations/courses are required to attach/

submit a copy of any one of the following documents containing Name, Photo and
Signature at the time of registration of Examination Application. Application without
the same shall be liable to be rejected.

1) Photo I/Card issued by Employer or 2) PAN Card or 3) Driving Licencse or

4) Election Voter’s I/Card or 5) Passport 6) Aadhaar Card

STUDY MATERIAL/COURSEWARE

The Institute has developed a courseware to cover the syllabus. Candidates are
advised to make full use of the courseware. However, as banking and finance fields
are dynamic, rules and regulations witness rapid changes. Therefore, the courseware
should not be considered as the only source of information while preparing for
the examinations. Candidates are advised to go through the updates put on the
IIBF website from time to time and go through Master Circulars/ Master Directions
issued by RBI and publications of IIBF like IIBF Vision, Bank Quest, etc. All these
sources are important from the examination point of view. Candidates are also to
visit the websites of organizations like RBI, SEBI, BIS, IRDAI, FEDAI etc. besides

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going through other books & publications covering the subject/exam concerned etc.
Questions based on current developments relating to the subject/exam may also be
asked.

Cut-off Date of Guidelines /Important Developments for Examinations

The Institute has a practice of asking questions in each exam about the recent
developments / guidelines issued by the regulator(s) in order to test if the candidates
keep themselves abreast of the current developments. However, there could be
changes in the developments / guidelines from the date the question papers are
prepared and the dates of the actual examinations.

In order to address these issues effectively, it has been decided that:

(i) In respect of the exams to be conducted by the Institute during May / June of a
calendar year, instructions / guidelines issued by the regulator(s) and important
developments in banking and finance up to 31st December of the previous year
will only be considered for the purpose of inclusion in the question papers".

(ii) In respect of the exams to be conducted by the Institute during November /

December of a calendar year, instructions / guidelines issued by the regulator(s)
and important developments in banking and finance up to 30th June of that year
will only be considered for the purpose of inclusion in the question papers.

The table given below further clarifies the situation.

Particulars Cut-off Date of Guidelines /Important

Developments for Examinations
For the exams to be conducted by 31st December 2015 and 31st December
the Institute during May / June 2016 2016 respectively.
and May / June 2017
For the exams to be conducted 30th June 2016 and 30th June 2017
by the Institute during November / respectively.
December 2016 and November /
December 2017

The courseware for the subject/s will be available at outlets of publisher/s. Please
visit IIBF web-site www.iibf.org.in Home> Education > Courseware for details of
book/s and address of publisher/s outlets.

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SYLLABUS
The details of the prescribed syllabus which is indicative are furnished in
this booklet. The Institute however, also reserves to itself the right to vary the
syllabus / rules / fee structure from time to time. Any alterations made will be
notified.

Module - A :

Cyber Crime Overview :

1. Introduction to Cyber Crime : Concepts and Techniques

2. Channels of Cyber Crimes

3. Cyber Crime Methods

• Stalking & Cyber Squatting

• Cyber Extortion & Cyber Cheating

• Cyber warfare & Cyber Terrorism

• Phishing & Hacking

4. Computer Insecurity

• Internet Crime & Internet fraud

• User Failures & Causes

• Bank Failure

5. Computer Hackers

Module - B :

Fraud Management :

6. Computer Fraud Protection

• Prevention Controls

• Detection Controls

• Mitigation Controls

• Encryption / Decryption

7. Incident of Cyber crimes

• Cyber Crime Reporting

• Cyber Crime Investigation

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 • Cyber Crime Management

• Evidence Collection & Chain of Custody

• Cyber Crime Risk Management

• Cyber Forensics

Module - C :

Electronic Transactions :

8. Online Transactions - (Concepts, Emerging Trends and Legal Implications)

9. Global Payment Processing

10. Payment Cards & Data Security

11. Electronic Card Frauds

• ATM Cards

• Credit Cardsa

• Smart Cards

Module - D :

Cyber Laws & Regulatory Compliance :

12. Cyber Law in India

• Information Technology Act - 2000

13. Electronic Transactions and Taxation Issues

14. Human traits

• Associates

• Behaviour

15. Regulatory Compliance

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or

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