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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine business security requirements
   • Identify the level of security required based on the business, and the commercial intent of the website
   • Identify whether password protection is needed for the site, or part of the site
   • Decide on minimum or maximum password protection solutions, based on the business requirements
2. Ensure web server security
   • Ensure that the web server password is obscure and non-traceable
   • Install and maintain an effective intrusion detection system, according to business requirements
   • Ensure that user accounts have only the required permissions on the server
   • Ensure that interpreters’ programs, that run common gateway interfaces (CGIs), are not stored in the CGI-bin directory
   • Ensure that web forms check data before passing it to the server
3. Ensure protocol security
   • Protect the fixed internet connection, and the internet protocol (IP) address
   • Protect shared network resources from intrusion, according to business requirements
   • Ensure that personal computer (PC) protocols and preferences follow security protocols
   • Disable control protocol, or internet protocol (TCP/IP), bindings for file and printer sharing
   • Ensure that network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) over TCP/IP is disabled

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

identify the level of security required by the business for the website

implement password protection solutions, for the website and the server

install and maintain, an intrusion detection system

implement protocol security.

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:

outline the client business domain, including the client organisation structure and business functionality

identify current industry-accepted hardware and software products

outline desktop applications and operating systems, as required

describe firewall functionality

describe hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and disk and executing monitor tools (daemons)

outline the range of security protocols, including:

secure socket layer (SSL)

point-to-point network tunnelling protocol (PPTP)

layer 2 tunnelling protocol (L2TP)

define security patches

explain specific purpose security computers, acting as bastion hosts

explain web-server operating systems.

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