ITSEC articles
Fresh articles on syllabus changes, RBI policy moves, and high-yield revision tactics — written for working bankers who study after office hours.
Inside the IIBF IT Security Book: Modules, Chapters and Practice
A walk through the IIBF IT Security book: how its 4 modules and 20 chapters are organised, what a chapter looks like, and who bene...
IT Security Study Plan for Working Bankers: 21 Days, 20 Chapters
A day-wise IT Security study plan for tired bankers: 4 modules, 20 chapters, 299 MCQs and a 21-day schedule you can follow after b...
VAPT in Banks: Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing Explained
For any bank auditor or IT officer preparing for the IIBF IT Security paper, VAPT in banks is a heavily tested topic. It sits betw...
Cloud Security in Banks: IIBF IT Security Exam Guide
Cloud security in banks is not a technology problem your vendor solves for you — it is an accountability problem the Reserve Bank...
Cryptographic Key Management in Banks: IIBF IT Security Guide
Every bank that encrypts a database column, a card number, or a payment message is really only as safe as its cryptographic key ma...
Container Security in Banks: IIBF IT Security Exam Guide
Banks are moving core applications — payment gateways, mobile banking backends, fraud-scoring engines — onto containers because th...
VPN Security for Banks: IIBF IT Security Exam Guide
For a bank's IT security team, VPN security for banks is not an optional checklist item — it is the control that stands between a...
Encryption in Transit and at Rest: A Banker's IIBF ITSEC Guide
Every payment message, mobile banking login and core banking record a bank handles has to be protected using encryption in transit...
Data Masking and Tokenisation in Banks: IIBF IT Security Guide
Every core banking system stores fields that must never travel or sit in the clear — card numbers, account numbers, PAN, Aadhaar,...
Database Security in Banks: Controls and Monitoring (IIBF ITSec)
Every control in the IIBF IT Security syllabus eventually points back to one place — the row in a table that records how much mone...
IT security threats in banks: A Complete IIBF ITSEC Guide
IT security threats in banks are the starting point of every control, standard and incident-response procedure tested under the II...
Zero Trust Architecture in Banks: Principles and Rollout (IIBF IT Security)
The bank branch used to be a fortress: a hardened network perimeter, a firewall at the edge, and everything inside the wall truste...