Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to:
liaise with technical team members
present information
provide assistance with organisational guidelines
review logs and audit reports to identify security threats
problem-solving skills to:
identify security threats
use third-party software or utilities to evaluate system security
project planning skills to:
identify scope
implement a virus checking process and schedule
set benchmarks
report writing skills to:
present audit reports and recommendations
report on system security
research skills to identify, analyse and evaluate broad features of a particular business domain and best practice in system security methodologies and technologies
technical skills to:
check strength of passwords
implement virus checking processes and schedules
modify user settings
monitor and record security threats to the system.
Required knowledge
current industry-accepted hardware and software products
privacy issues and legislation with regard to IT security
key components of risk analysis process for system security
specific security technology
systems technologies
client business domain, including client organisation structure and business functionality.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
User may include: | department within the organisation person within a department third party. |
Security policy may relate to: | audits and alerts file access levels privacy security objectives of the organisation standards: archival backup network theft viruses. |
Legislation may include: | copyright liability statements privacy legislation. |
Hardware may include: | modems or other connectivity devices networks personal computers remote sites servers workstations. |
Software may include: | application: spreadsheet database word-processing internet browser commercial customised in-house programming: assembler compiler development tools system: computer security software device drivers operating system. |
Operating system may include: | Linux GNU and Linux Mac OS X Microsoft Windows Unix-like operating systems: HP-UX IBM AIX Silicon Graphics IRIX Sun Solaris. |
Security threats may include: | by-pass denial of service eavesdropping hacking impersonation manipulation penetration viruses. |
Server may include: | application or web servers BEA Weblogic servers email servers file and print servers firewall servers FTP servers IBM VisualAge and WebSphere Novell Directory Services (NDS) servers proxy or cache servers voice servers. |
Computer may include: | laptops other devices: hand-held and mobile devices personal digital assistant (PDA) servers workstations. |
Encryption may include: | asymmetric public-key ciphers Deslogin digital signatures public key infrastructure (PKI) PKZIP pretty good privacy (PGP) RSA public key secure socket layer (SSL) sniffers SSH symmetric ciphers. |
Security strategies may include: | authentication authorisation and integrity privacy security objectives of the organisation. |
Appropriate person may include: | authorised business representative client project manager security consultant supervisor. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist