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Evidence Guide: ICANWK403A - Manage network and data integrity

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ICANWK403A - Manage network and data integrity

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Ensure compliance with company network and security policies

  1. Review company security policies
  2. Audit and record security access
  3. Ensure user accounts are controlled
  4. Ensure secure file and resource access
Review company security policies

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Audit and record security access

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Ensure user accounts are controlled

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Ensure secure file and resource access

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Conduct audit on system assets

  1. Use appropriate tools and techniques to conduct audit on system hardware and software assets
  2. Develop a system to record assets
  3. Use system to develop reports on assets for management
Use appropriate tools and techniques to conduct audit on system hardware and software assets

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Develop a system to record assets

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Use system to develop reports on assets for management

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Implement an antivirus solution

  1. Research appropriate antivirus and anti-malware solutions
  2. Implement antivirus or anti-malware solution
  3. Test antivirus and anti-malware solution functionality
Research appropriate antivirus and anti-malware solutions

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Implement antivirus or anti-malware solution

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Test antivirus and anti-malware solution functionality

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Implement systems to protect assets from threats

  1. Determine environmental threats to data
  2. Document systems to protect from environmental threat
  3. Implement system to protect data from environmental threat
Determine environmental threats to data

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Document systems to protect from environmental threat

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Implement system to protect data from environmental threat

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Develop a backup solution

  1. Determine appropriate backup type to meet systems needs
  2. Investigate current backup media options
  3. Implement a backup solution
  4. Demonstrate functionality of backup solution
  5. Demonstrate restore of data from backup media
  6. Implement a real time backup and data sync solution
Determine appropriate backup type to meet systems needs

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Investigate current backup media options

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Implement a backup solution

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Demonstrate functionality of backup solution

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Demonstrate restore of data from backup media

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Implement a real time backup and data sync solution

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Monitor network performance

  1. Determine available network performance monitoring tools
  2. Implement network performance monitoring tools to monitor network
  3. Produce report on network performance
Determine available network performance monitoring tools

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Implement network performance monitoring tools to monitor network

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Produce report on network performance

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to:

identify user access control issues

use appropriate tools to conduct audit on system assets

implement and test antivirus solution

employ systems to negate environmental threats

demonstrate features of data backup, restore and system roll back

perform network monitoring using a variety of current standard tools

add network controls according to network and data integrity policies.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to:

site or prototype where network and data integrity strategies may be implemented and managed

use of network support tools currently used in industry

organisation’s security policies, manufacturer recommendations and network and data integrity protection standards

appropriate learning and assessment support when required.

Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs.

Method of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

verbal or written questioning to assess candidate’s knowledge of emerging policies related to:

access control

asset auditing

antivirus protection

fallback and backup strategies

environmental and physical threats

system monitoring

direct observation of candidate demonstrating management of disaster recovery and related strategies in a range of situations

review of documentation prepared by candidate to manage network and data integrity.

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, where appropriate.

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and suitable to the communication skill level, language, literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.

Indigenous people and other people from a non-English speaking background may need additional support.

In cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

communication skills to:

convey and clarify information

liaise with clients

initiative and enterprise skills to apply precautions and required action to minimise, control or eliminate hazards that may exist during work activities

literacy skills to:

develop and document network and data integrity processes

interpret and prepare technical documentation

record asset audit information

planning skills to develop methods for maintaining network and data integrity

problem-solving skills to:

apply solutions in networks, including systems management processes

deploy rapid solutions to problems involving management of network assets

technical skills to apply current best practice to methodologies and technologies.

Required knowledge

broad knowledge related to:

auditing and control of user access

asset tracking and auditing

backup, restore and rollback procedures

current antivirus solutions and techniques

system and network monitoring tools and related functions

detailed knowledge of:

client organisation structure and business functionality

tools and applications required to manage network and data integrity

network management and disaster recovery processes.

Range Statement

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.

Security policies should include:

data security

physical security

remote access

user logon.

Tools should include:

hardware and software audit tools:

MSINFO32

DXdiag

Microsoft Software Inventory Analyzer (MSIA)

E-Z Audit

hardware and software logs.

Assets may include:

company information and branding

computers

data

personal information

servers.

Antivirus may include:

AVG

EICAR (test virus string)

McAfee

Microsoft Security Essentials

Norton Antivirus or Endpoint

Trendmicro.

Environmental threats may include:

earthquake

fire

flood

power failure, spike or surge

theft.

Backup type must include:

copy

differential

folder and drive synchronisation

full and normal incremental

RAID.

Sync solution may include:

Folder Sync

Shadowprotect

Yadis.

Network may include:

internet

LAN

WAN

WLANs.

Monitoring tools may include:

Microsoft server performance monitor

Windows network monitor

Windows performance monitor

Windows resource monitor

Windows task manager

Wireshark.