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Evidence Guide: ICASAS501A - Develop, implement and evaluate an incident response plan

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ICASAS501A - Develop, implement and evaluate an incident response plan

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

Develop the incident response program

  1. Develop the incident management policy
  2. Identify the services the incident response team should provide
  3. Create incident response plans according to security policy and organisational goals
  4. Develop procedures for incident handling and reporting
  5. Create incident response exercises and red-teaming activities
  6. Develop specific processes for collecting and protecting forensic evidence during incident response
  7. Specify incident response staffing and training requirements
  8. Establish the response program
Develop the incident management policy

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Identify the services the incident response team should provide

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Create incident response plans according to security policy and organisational goals

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Develop procedures for incident handling and reporting

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Create incident response exercises and red-teaming activities

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Develop specific processes for collecting and protecting forensic evidence during incident response

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Specify incident response staffing and training requirements

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Establish the response program

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Implement the incident response program

  1. Apply response actions in reaction to security incidents according to established policy, plans and procedures
  2. Respond to and report incidents
  3. Assist in collecting, processing and preserving evidence according to requirements
  4. Execute incident response plans
  5. Execute red-teaming activities and incident response exercises
  6. Ensure lessons learned from incidents are collected in a timely manner and are incorporated into review plans
  7. Collect, analyse and report incident management measures
Apply response actions in reaction to security incidents according to established policy, plans and procedures

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Respond to and report incidents

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Assist in collecting, processing and preserving evidence according to requirements

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Execute incident response plans

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Execute red-teaming activities and incident response exercises

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Ensure lessons learned from incidents are collected in a timely manner and are incorporated into review plans

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Collect, analyse and report incident management measures

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Evaluate the incident response program

  1. Assess efficiency and effectiveness of incident response program activities and implement changes as required
  2. Examine effectiveness of red teaming and incident response tests, training and exercises
  3. Assess effectiveness of communication between incident response team and related internal and external organisations, implementing changes where appropriate
  4. Identify and implement improvements based on assessments of effectiveness
Assess efficiency and effectiveness of incident response program activities and implement changes as required

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Examine effectiveness of red teaming and incident response tests, training and exercises

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Assess effectiveness of communication between incident response team and related internal and external organisations, implementing changes where appropriate

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Identify and implement improvements based on assessments of effectiveness

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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:

develop an incident response program

manage an incident response activation and operation

evaluate the incident response.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure access to:

appropriate learning and assessment support when required

modified equipment for people with special needs

IT business specifications

information on the security environment, including relevant laws and legislation, existing organisational security policies, organisational expertise and knowledge

possible security environment, including threats to security that are, or are held to be, present in the environment

risk analysis tools and methodologies

IT security assurance specifications

incident scenarios.

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 security environment and risk analysis

review of incident response plan and associated documentation.

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:

liaise with clients and team members

present technical information

initiative and enterprise skills to develop incident response policies

learning skills to build organisational knowledge

literacy skills to prepare reports

planning and organisational skills to:

manage a project

manage logistics for identified resources and procedures to ensure on-time availability of required equipment

problem-solving skills to evaluate:

broad features of a particular business domain

best practice in system development.

Required knowledge

broad knowledge of:

client business domain

OHS procedures when formulating prevention and recovery strategy

systems engineering when evaluating threats

detailed knowledge of:

backup methodologies

specific components of the business planning process relevant to the development of information technology (IT) business solutions

current system functionality.

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.

Incident may include:

fire

misuse or improper access

other physical damage

theft of data or property

unauthorised publication.

According to requirements may include:

directives

laws

policies

procedures

regulations

standards.