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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish security risk context
   • Confirm strategic and organisational contexts and identify stakeholders and their expectations.
   • Identify current and relevant security risk criteria from the security plan.
   • Obtain information and resources to conduct the risk analysis.
2. Identify security risk
   • Identify and record potential sources of security risk from the perspective of all stakeholders.
   • Use specified methodology and tools to identify risks.
   • Consult stakeholders during the risk identification process to finalise a list of risks.
3. Analyse security risk
   • Identify threat assessments, current exposure and current security arrangements to estimate the likelihood of each risk event occurring.
   • Determine potential consequences of each risk including critical lead time for recovery.
   • Determine, document and communicate risk ratings and include a rationale for each.
4. Evaluate security risk
   • Assess risks against the organisation’s security risk criteria.
   • Prioritise risks for treatment.
   • Monitor risks until treatment measures have been implemented.
5. Compile security risk register
   • Develop a security risk register that records identified risks, their nature and source.
   • Identify the consequences and likelihood of risks, and the adequacy of existing controls in the register.
   • Record risk ratings for identified risks in register.
   • Compile and maintain the security risk register to reflect changes in circumstances.
   • Refer risk register to management for decisions on action and treatment of risks.
6. Establish security risk context
   • Confirm strategic and organisational contexts and identify stakeholders and their expectations.
   • Identify current and relevant security risk criteria from the security plan.
   • Obtain information and resources to conduct the risk analysis.
7. Identify security risk
   • Identify and record potential sources of security risk from the perspective of all stakeholders.
   • Use specified methodology and tools to identify risks.
   • Consult stakeholders during the risk identification process to finalise a list of risks.
8. Analyse security risk
   • Identify threat assessments, current exposure and current security arrangements to estimate the likelihood of each risk event occurring.
   • Determine potential consequences of each risk including critical lead time for recovery.
   • Determine, document and communicate risk ratings and include a rationale for each.
9. Evaluate security risk
   • Assess risks against the organisation’s security risk criteria.
   • Prioritise risks for treatment.
   • Monitor risks until treatment measures have been implemented.
10. Compile security risk register
    • Develop a security risk register that records identified risks, their nature and source.
    • Identify the consequences and likelihood of risks, and the adequacy of existing controls in the register.
    • Record risk ratings for identified risks in register.
    • Compile and maintain the security risk register to reflect changes in circumstances.
    • Refer risk register to management for decisions on action and treatment of risks.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least two occasions.

applying legislation, regulations and policies relating to government security management

analysing the organisation’s security plan

researching and critically analysing the operational environment and drawing conclusions

using effective communication with diverse stakeholders involving listening, questioning, paraphrasing, clarifying, summarising

writing formal and highly complex reports

representing mathematical information in diverse formats

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

legislation, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines relating to government security management including WHS

Crimes Act 1914 and Criminal Code 1985

Freedom of Information Act 1982

Privacy Act 1988

fraud control and protective security policies

Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM)

Protective Security Policy Framework

risk analysis terminology and techniques

the organisation’s security plan

the organisation’s assets and security environment

risk management: principles and guidelines

AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009

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