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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Develop system and application security
   • Identify enterprise ICT system or application security policies
   • Identify security requirements for the ICT system or application
   • Write an ICT system or application security plan according to the enterprise and ICT system or application security policies
   • Identify standards against which to engineer the ICT system or application
   • Identify criteria for performing risk based audits against the ICT system or application
   • Develop processes and procedures to mitigate the introduction of vulnerabilities during the engineering process
   • Integrate applicable information security requirements, controls, processes, and procedures into ICT system and application design specifications according to established requirements
2. Implement system and application security
   • Execute enterprise and ICT system or application security policies
   • Apply and verify compliance with identified standards against which to engineer the ICT system or application
   • Perform processes and procedures to mitigate the introduction of vulnerabilities during the engineering process
   • Perform secure configuration management practices
   • Validate that the engineered ICT system and application security controls meet the specified requirements
   • Re-engineer security controls to mitigate vulnerabilities identified during the operations phase
   • Ensure integration of information security practices throughout the SDLC process
   • Document ICT system or application security controls addressed within the system
   • Practise secure coding
3. Evaluate system and application security
   • Review new and existing risk management technologies to achieve an optimal enterprise risk posture
   • Review new and existing ICT security technologies to support secure engineering across the SDLC phases
   • Continually assess effectiveness of the information system controls based on risk management practices and procedures
   • Assess and evaluate system compliance with corporate policies and architectures
   • Assess system maturation and readiness for promotion to the production stage
   • Collect lessons learned from integration of information security into the SDLC and use to identify improvement actions
   • Collect, analyse and report performance measures

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

create an information and communications technology (ICT) system or application security plan

implement system and application security

apply and verify compliance with the identified standards

practise secure coding practices

assess and evaluate system compliance.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

summarise a range of programming languages, including those used by the organisation

summarise best practice in application of language syntax rules

explain data structures

outline graphical user interfaces (GUIs)

summarise small-size application development

identify and summarise the legislation, regulations and codes of practice that impact on network security

describe the risk assessment process required in evaluating system vulnerabilities, including:

risk mitigation

security control selection

implementation and evaluation process

software security standards compliance.

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